TB REACH publications

Digital CXR with computer aided diagnosis versus symptom screen to define presumptive tuberculosis among household contacts and impact on tuberculosis diagnosis

Monde Muyoyeta, Nkatya Chanda Kasese, Deborah Milimo, Isaac Mushanga, Mapopa Ndhlovu, Nathan Kapata, Maureen Moyo-Chilufya and Helen Ayles 1 April 2017 - BMC Infectious Diseases

Peer-led active tuberculosis case-finding among people living with HIV: lessons from Nepal

Dipu Joshi, Raisha Sthapit, Miranda Brouwer 1 February 2017 - Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are identified through active case finding in the community different than those identified in healthcare facilities?

S.T. Abdurrahman, L. Lawson, M. Blakiston, J. Obasanya, M.A. Yassin, R.M. Anderson, O. Oladimeji, A. Ramsay, L.E. Cuevas 1 January 2017 - New Microbes and New Infections

Identifying children with tuberculosis among household contacts in The Gambia

U. Egere, T. Togun, A. Sillah, F. Mendy, J. Otu, M. Hoelscher, N. Heinrich, P.C. Hill, B. Kampmann 1 January 2017 - The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 21, Number 1

Community referral for presumptive TB in Nigeria: a comparison of four models of active case finding

A. O. Adejumo, B. Azuogu, O. Okorie, O. M. Lawal, O. J. Onazi, M. Gidado, O. J. Daniel, J. C. Okeibunor, E. Klinkenberg, E. M. H. Mitchell

Yield of intensified tuberculosis case-finding activities using Xpert® MTB/RIF among risk groups in Nepal

S. Khanal, S. Baral, P. Shrestha, M. Puri, S. Kandel, B. Lamichanne, H. Elsey, M. Brouwer, S. Goel, P. Chinnakali 21 June 2016 - Public Health Action, Volume 6, Number 2, 21 June 2016, pp. 136-141(6)

School and household tuberculosis contact investigations in Swaziland: Active TB case finding in a high HIV/TB burden setting

Piluca Alonzo Ustero, Alexander W. Kay, Katherine Ngo, Rachel Golin, Bhekisisa Tsabedze, Bulisile Mzileni, Jessica Glickman, Mildred Wisile Xaba, Gcinile Mavimbela, and Anna Maria Mandalakas 5 June 2016 - PLOS ONE

An Evaluation of Passive and Active Approaches to Improve Tuberculosis Notifications in Afghanistan

A. Sanaie, C. Mergenthaler, A. Nasrat , M. K. Seddiq , S. D. Mahmoodi , R. H. Stevens , J. Creswell 4 October 2016 - PLOS ONE

Improving Tuberculosis Case Detection

Extending ‘Contact Tracing’ into the Community within a 50-Metre Radius of an Index Tuberculosis Patient Using Xpert MTB/RIF in Urban, Pakistan: Did It Increase Case Detection?

Razia Fatima, Ejaz Qadeer, Aashifa Yaqoob , Mahboob ul Haq, Suman S. Majumdar, Hemant D. Shewade, Robert Stevens, Jacob Creswell, Nasir Mahmood, Ajay M. V. Kumar 1 November 2016 - PLOS ONE

Active Case Finding of Tuberculosis: Randomized Evaluation of Simple and Infotainment Chest Camps

Muhammad Amir Khan, Shirin Anil, Maqsood Ahmed, Ali Athar, Abdul Ghafoor, Miranda Brouwer 1 September 2016 - Annals of Global Health

Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Experiences, Results, and Implications for Tuberculosis Control Programs

Guesly J. Delva, Ingrid Francois,Cassidy W. Claassen,Darwin Dorestan,Barbara Bastien, Sandra Medina-Moreno,Dumesle St. Fort,Robert R. Redfield, and Ulrike K. Buchwald 1 July 2016 - Tuberculosis Research and Treatment