Impact of active case finding for tuberculosis with mass chest X-ray screening in Glasgow, Scotland, 1950-1963: An epidemiological analysis of historical data.

Impact of active case finding for tuberculosis with mass chest X-ray screening in Glasgow, Scotland, 1950-1963: An epidemiological analysis of historical data.

<h4>Background</h4>Community active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis was widely implemented in Europe and North America between 1940 and 1970, when incidence was comparable to many present-day high-burden countries. Using an interrupted time series analysis, we analysed the effect of...

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Main Authors: Peter MacPherson, Helen R Stagg, Alvaro Schwalb, Hazel Henderson, Alice E Taylor, Rachael M Burke, Hannah M Rickman, Cecily Miller, Rein M G J Houben, Peter J Dodd, Elizabeth L Corbett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004448
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