Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) constitute the main burden of infectious disease in resource-limited …

Objective To explore antecedents, components and influencing factors on active case-
finding (ACF) policy development and implementation. Design Scoping review, searching …

There have been calls to revisit the experiences of TB screening campaigns that were
widely applied in Europe and North America in the mid-20th century, as well as more recent …

Tuberculosis is classically divided into states of latent infection and active disease. Using
combined positron emission and computed tomography in 35 asymptomatic, antiretroviral …

Lack of human resources and radiological interpretation expertise impair tuberculosis (TB)
screening programmes in TB-endemic countries. Computer-aided detection (CAD) …

Rationale: Noncommunicable diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-
Saharan Africa (sSA). Valid burden of disease estimates are lacking for noncommunicable …

Background Detection of active tuberculosis (TB) before antiretroviral therapy (ART)
initiation is important, but optimal diagnostic methods for use in resource-limited settings are …

In this review, we describe diagnostic strategies specifically for HIV and TB co-infected
individuals. Molecular diagnostics in particular within the past 5 years have revolutionized …

Setting 40 primary health clinics (PHCs) in four provinces in South Africa, June 2012–
February 2013. Objective To determine whether health care worker (HCW) practice in …

Background A sizeable fraction of tuberculosis (TB) cases go undiagnosed. By analysing
data from enhanced demographic, microbiological and geospatial surveillance of TB …