Increased Case Notification through Active Case Finding of Tuberculosis among Household and Neighbourhood Contacts in Cambodia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, there has been growing evidence that suggests the effectiveness of active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) in high-risk populations. However, the evidence is still insufficient as to whether ACF increases case notification beyond what is reported in the routine passive case finding (PCF). In Cambodia, National TB Control Programme has conducted nationwide ACF with Xpert MTB/RIF that retrospectively targeted household and neighbourhood contacts alongside routine PCF. This study aims to investigate the impact of ACF on case notifications during and after the intervention period.

Methods

Using a quasi-experimental cluster randomized design with intervention and control arms, we compared TB case notification during the one-year intervention period wi

SUBMITTER: Morishita F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4773009 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature