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  • Open Access
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The Role of Genexpert in the Diagnosis of Tubercular Pleural Effusion in India

  • Anushree Chakraborty,
  • Swapna Ramaswamy,
  • Akshata Jayachamrajpura Shivananjiah,
  • Raghu Bokkikere Puttaswamy and
  • Nagaraja Chikkavenkatappa

31 October 2019

Introduction: Tubercular pleural effusion is the second most common extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis in India. Developing nations like India face several health challenges and with limited resources, appropriate planning and channelization of the...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
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22 Pages

Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in India: A Syntheses of Activities and Outcomes Reported by the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme

  • Sharath Burugina Nagaraja,
  • Pruthu Thekkur,
  • Srinath Satyanarayana,
  • Prathap Tharyan,
  • Karuna D. Sagili,
  • Jamhoih Tonsing,
  • Raghuram Rao and
  • Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva

India launched a national community-based active TB case finding (ACF) campaign in 2017 as part of the strategic plan of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP). This review evaluated the outcomes for the components of the ACF campaign...