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| Reference: | 4450 |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Multiple country event: | No |
| Region: | AFRO |
| City: | Kisumu |
| Start date: | 19 July 2011 |
| End date: | 19 July 2011 |
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| Status: | Completed - Complété |
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| Title: | plan for a study of TB diagnostics in young children. |
| Type: | Mission |
| Terms of Reference: | The purpose of this trip was to plan for a study of TB diagnostics in young children. In high burden settings TB is an important cause of disease and death among children and a preventable cause of under-5 mortality. However, TB in children is difficult to diagnose. Young children are not able to expectorate sputum, are more likely to have disseminated or extrapulmonary disease, and have paucibacillary disease, all of which make it more difficult to confirm diagnosis using smear microscopy or culture. These challenges are even greater in the diagnosis of TB among children with HIV. Mycobacterial culture, the gold-standard for laboratory confirmation of TB disease, has low yield in children. |
| Training Opportunity: | No |
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| Purpose 1: | ACSM |
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| Entered by: | Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| Contact name: | Ellie Click |
| Contact email: | gqu3@cdc.gov |
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| Funding needs: | No |
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| Available funding: | $ 0 |
| Funding gap: | $ 0 |
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Documents associated with this event |
| Mission Report - Rapport de la mission |
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There are no experts (roster) associated with this event. There are no experts (non-roster) associated with this event.
Date Created: 19 July 2012
Entered By: CDC
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