Outpatient-department-based intensified tuberculosis case-finding activity in the tertiary care hospitals in West Bengal, India.: An observational study on the yields and outputs

• Main Authors: Arista Lahiri (Author), Soumyajyoti Bandyopadhyay (Author), Ayan Ghosh (Author), Iman Bhakta (Author), Swarna Abhiman Ramteke (Author), Abhijit Dey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Improved tuberculosis (TB) case detection using intensified case finding (ICF) is one of the cornerstones of the Stop TB Strategy. A Non-Government Organization (NGO)-led project took place in two tertiary care hospitals of West Bengal for outpatient department (OPD)-based ICF activities...