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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (6): 605-612.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20230435

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Screening strategy in zero tuberculosis community project

Cheng Jun, Zhao Yanlin()   

  1. National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2023-12-08 Online:2024-06-10 Published:2024-06-03
  • Contact: Zhao Yanlin, Email: zhaoyl@chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    Tuberculosis Control and Prevention Program 2428, China-US TB Control Cooperation Program

Abstract:

Active case finding and tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment are core elements of zero tuberculosis community project, and a feasible screening strategy based on local TB epidemic and practice will be benefit to find out TB patients/subclinical TB patients and high risk populations. Based on reviewing both the World Health Organization guidelines on active case finding and management of latent TB infection and evidence-based guidelines for screening suggested by domestic scholars, authors suggest that high risk populations in community, peoples living or working in key places, and patients visiting hospitals should be screened for TB in zero tuberculosis community project sites. The specific screening strategy for every kind of target population and the following categorical intervention have been provided by the authors.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Screening, Community health services, Community

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