2024
Impact of active case finding for tuberculosis with mass chest X-ray screening in Glasgow, Scotland, 1950–1963: An epidemiological analysis of historical data
MacPherson P, Stagg H, Schwalb A, Henderson H, Taylor A, Burke R, Rickman H, Miller C, Houben R, Dodd P, Corbett E. Impact of active case finding for tuberculosis with mass chest X-ray screening in Glasgow, Scotland, 1950–1963: An epidemiological analysis of historical data. PLOS Medicine 2024, 21: e1004448. PMID: 39499677, PMCID: PMC11537369, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase notification rateActive case findingCase notificationChest X-ray screeningHighest tuberculosis burden countriesInterrupted time series analysisSynthesis of evidenceMultilevel regression modelsPublic health recordsScreening interventionsTuberculosis burden countriesX-ray screeningPost-interventionHealth recordsHigh-burden countriesPre-interventionScreening programmeAnnual rate of declineCase findingContemporaneous interventionsNotification ratesScreening toolBurden countriesBCG vaccination programmeCity wardsCommunity-based active-case finding for tuberculosis: navigating a complex minefield
MacPherson P, Shanaube K, Phiri M, Rickman H, Horton K, Feasey H, Corbett E, Burke R, Rangaka M. Community-based active-case finding for tuberculosis: navigating a complex minefield. BMC Global And Public Health 2024, 2: 9. PMID: 39681899, PMCID: PMC11622870, DOI: 10.1186/s44263-024-00042-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActive case findingCommunity-based active case-findingCommunity-based ACFImpact of active case findingChest X-ray screeningPrimary care servicesPublic health practitionersHealth system participantsScale-up of treatmentRisk of TBElimination of TBStructural risk factorsHealth promotionPopulation-level impactScreening guidelinesSynthesise evidenceX-ray screeningCare servicesHigh-burden countriesHealth servicesHealth practitionersEffective scale-upCase findingEvidence baseTB transmission
2022
Neighbourhood prevalence-to-notification ratios for adult bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis reveals hotspots of underdiagnosis in Blantyre, Malawi
Khundi M, Carpenter JR, Corbett EL, Feasey HRA, Soko RN, Nliwasa M, Twabi H, Chiume L, Burke RM, Horton KC, Dodd PJ, Cohen T, MacPherson P. Neighbourhood prevalence-to-notification ratios for adult bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis reveals hotspots of underdiagnosis in Blantyre, Malawi. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0268749. PMID: 35605004, PMCID: PMC9126376, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase notification ratesPrevalence surveyNotification ratioNeighbourhood prevalenceTB case notification ratesXpert MTB/RIFCase-finding interventionsTrue disease burdenChest X-ray screeningTB prevalence surveyTB surveillance systemMTB/RIFDiagnosis of tuberculosisSputum smear microscopyTB clinicTB patientsRespiratory infectionsTB prevalenceDisease burdenNotification ratesSmear microscopyX-ray screeningTuberculosisPrevalenceUrban tuberculosis
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