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...

Footage from recent field work in the outbreak area, Imaza, Peru. (MP4)

*Information only collected in the 2009 survey. †Totals may not add up to 218 due to missing values.

Outcome definitions for turn-around-times (TAT) and their respective sample.

Note: In Uganda CHWs are called Village Health Teams (VHTs) and are referred to as VHTs in these questions.

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.

City of Salvador, Brazil, 2008–2010. *Standard deviation; **p>0.05.

AFB = Acid fast bacillus; AII = airborne infection isolation; GMH = Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA; NAAT = nucleic acid amplification test; PPV = positive predictive...

All P-values are based on chi-square analysis of numbers in highland and lowland categories except those indicated by an asterisk (*) which are based on Fisher's exact test....

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...

Focus Group Discussions were held in nine intervention parishes in Kyabugimbi Sub-county in November and December 2012.

All P-values are based on chi-square analysis of numbers in highland and lowland categories except those indicated by an asterisk (*) which are based on Fisher's exact test....

*Per 10-year increase in age. Other covariates in the models included gender, extra-pulmonary manifestations, smear-negativity, and requirement of ICU care.

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 =...

AFB = Acid-fast bacillus; HIV+ = HIV-seropositive; HIV - =  HIV-seronegative; NTM = non-tuberculous mycobacteria; PPV = positive predictive value; TB = tuberculosis

a Liu et al., 2011 [19]. b Ji et al., 2007 [20]. c Wei et al., 2010 [21]. d Noteborn et al., 2013 [22]. *Positions correspond to: IBDV (JQ684022), IBV (KJ425500), AEV...

Quantitative survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices surrounding Chagas disease and triatomines.

All P-values are based on chi-square analysis of numbers in highland and lowland categories except those indicated by an asterisk (*) which are based on Fisher's exact test....

abased on national population and housing census 2011.*Taken as proxy from district indicator of census data 2011.#Includes tap/piped water supply and tube-well/hand pump.All...

DP = Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine; AL = Artemether-Lumefantrine; SD = Standard Deviation; Max = Maximum; Min = Minimum. aUsing the data reported by a multi-centre trial of...