Active case-finding - for the whole community or for tuberculosis contacts only?

The prevalence of tuberculosis in the household contacts of 67 smear-positive patients was compared with that in a 'non-contact' population.

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Veröffentlicht in:	South African Medical Journal/Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Tydskrift 1987-08, Vol.72 (4), p.260-262
1. Verfasser:	Gilpin, T.P. & Hamond, M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Active case-finding Adolescent Adult Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Community health Epidemiology Home visits Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Mass Screening - methods Medical sciences Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pneumology Prevalence Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Sputum - microbiology Tropical medicine Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission
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Zusammenfassung:	The prevalence of tuberculosis in the household contacts of 67 smear-positive patients was compared with that in a 'non-contact' population.
ISSN:	0256-9574 0038-2469 2078-5135