| Title |
Screening Strategies for Tuberculosis Prevalence Surveys: The Value of Chest Radiography and Symptoms
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0038691 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anna H. van’t Hoog, Helen K. Meme, Kayla F. Laserson, Janet A. Agaya, Benson G. Muchiri, Willie A. Githui, Lazarus O. Odeny, Barbara J. Marston, Martien W. Borgdorff |
| Abstract |
We conducted a tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey and evaluated the screening methods used in our survey, to assess if screening in TB prevalence surveys could be simplified, and to assess the accuracy of screening algorithms that may be applicable for active case finding. |
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|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Cambodia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 176 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 37 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 15% |
| Unknown | 34 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 84 | 47% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Unknown | 42 | 24% |