Text Messages Sent to Household Tuberculosis Contacts in Kampala, Uganda: Process Evaluation
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Tuberculosis in household contacts of infectious cases in Kampala, Uganda.
Tuberculosis remains a serious threat to public health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the host and environmental factors responsible for tuberculosis in African households, the authors performed a prospective cohort study of 1,206 household contacts of 302 index cases with tuberculosis enrolled in Uganda between 1995 and 1999. All contacts were systematically evaluated for acti...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis in one of Uganda's poor peri-urban areas. METHODS Multi-stage sampling was used to select a sample of households whose members were evaluated for presence of signs and/or symptoms of active tuberculosis; history of tuberculosis treatment; and relevant demographic, socioeconomic, and household environment characteristics. Pati...
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عنوان ژورنال: JMIR mHealth and uHealth
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2291-5222
DOI: 10.2196/10239