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Characteristics and outcomes of patients who received early diagnosis and tre...
1Altogether, 125 patients received ‘late’ treatment and 23 remained undiagnosed before death thus received no anti-TB treatment (see text). Comparisons between those who had... -
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Sample households characteristics (N = 218).<sup>*</sup>
*Information only collected in the 2009 survey. †Totals may not add up to 218 due to missing values. -
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Outcome definitions for turn-around-times (TAT) and their respective sample. -
Sample of Questions from Focus Group Discussions and Key Informant Interviews.
Note: In Uganda CHWs are called Village Health Teams (VHTs) and are referred to as VHTs in these questions. -
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Figures are median number of days and IQR in parentheses except for DST laboratory TAT >60 days, which is percentage and absolute value in parentheses. -
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City of Salvador, Brazil, 2008–2010. *Standard deviation; **p>0.05. -
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1The number of positive cases in each scenario was determined by KK and mF results during one round of community sampling (nine days) and one round of school based sampling... -
Sampling Strategy for Focus Group Discussions.
Focus Group Discussions were held in nine intervention parishes in Kyabugimbi Sub-county in November and December 2012. -
Explanatory variables in the final Cox proportional hazards models associated...
*Per 10-year increase in age. Other covariates in the models included gender, extra-pulmonary manifestations, smear-negativity, and requirement of ICU care. -
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Prevalence of STH species by sex and age group among school children who were recently dewormed as part of a national deworming programme in Bumula District, western Kenya (n =... -
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DP = Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine; AL = Artemether-Lumefantrine; SD = Standard Deviation; Max = Maximum; Min = Minimum. aUsing the data reported by a multi-centre trial of... -
Practices related to household characteristics and protection measures associ...
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Sensitivity and specificity of Kato-Katz and Mini-FLOTAC diagnostic methods for soil-transmitted helminths over single and consecutive day sampling as estimated by latent class... -
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For characteristics, values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise. The sample sizes are shown for both the control/intervention, as well as for before and after the... -
Knowledge about VL signs and symptoms.
Results for 2009 and 2011 surveys, stratified by households with and without history of VL. (*)As reported in the 2009 survey.(†)Results of McNemar test for matched... -
Checklist S1 - Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Visceral Leishma...
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High Mortality in Adults Hospitalized for Active Tuberculosis in a Low HIV Pr...
BackgroundThis study aims to evaluate the outcomes of adults hospitalized for tuberculosis in a higher-income region with low HIV prevalence.MethodsA retrospective cohort study... -
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BackgroundAs new interventions to reduce childhood mortality are identified, careful consideration must be given to identifying populations that could benefit most from them....
