Provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: diagnostic value and the effect of HIV status

• Main Authors: Elizabeth L Corbett (Author), Abbas Zezai (Author), Yin Bun Cheung (Author), Tsitsi Bandason (Author), Ethel Dauya (Author), Shungu S Munyati (Author), Anthony E Butterworth (Author), Simba Rusikaniko (Author), Gavin J Churchyard (Author), Stanley Mungofa (Author), Richard J Hayes (Author), Peter R Mason (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic value of provider-initiated symptom screening for tuberculosis (TB) and how HIV status affects it. METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of randomly selected participants in a community-based TB-HIV prevalence survey in Harare, Zimbabwe. All completed a five-...