In reply to 'Active case finding for tuberculosis: what is the most informative measure for policy makers?'

Affiliations

¹ College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA; School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
² Yale Primary Care Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
³ Department of Clinical Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
⁵ National TB Treatment Center, School of Medicine, Makerere University, Mulago, Uganda.

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J N Sekandi et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Mar.

. 2014 Mar;18(3):377-8.

doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0924-2.

¹ College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA; School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
² Yale Primary Care Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
³ Department of Clinical Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
⁴ College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
⁵ National TB Treatment Center, School of Medicine, Makerere University, Mulago, Uganda.

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Yield of undetected tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection from active case finding in urban Uganda.
Sekandi JN, List J, Luzze H, Yin XP, Dobbin K, Corso PS, Oloya J, Okwera A, Whalen CC. Sekandi JN, et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Jan;18(1):13-9. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0129. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014. PMID: 24365547 Free PMC article.
Active case finding for tuberculosis: what is the most informative measure for policy makers?
Van Rie A, Hanrahan C. Van Rie A, et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Mar;18(3):377. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0924. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014. PMID: 24670579 No abstract available.

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