This brochure is for TB patients and explains the meaning of a positive TB test, and where to get a chest x-ray.
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2004
This slide set depicts how TB is spread and how to differentiate between latent TB infection and active TB disease. It also lists symptoms of TB and discusses testing and treatment.
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2004
This film's primary focus is on DOTS in Rajasthan, India and on TB/HIV in Malawi, with scientific commentary provided by Dr. Douglas Young, chairman of the Stop TB Working Group on New Vaccines. A sub-theme running throughout the film is the urgent need for new tools -- drugs, diagnostics and vaccines -- in order to turn the tide against the epidemic.
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2004
This aid is a replica of the upper part of the forearm only. It is made to lie flat on a table and to fit easily into a briefcase or tote bag. Each arm has four different indurations. A set of one beige and one brown arm is available.
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2003
This guide is designed to help health care workers working in low-income countries interpret chest radiographs of children with suspected TB in areas where there is limited access to a radiologist or specialist.
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2003
This fact sheet explains how the tuberculin skin test is administered, how it works, and what it shows.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
Hispanic or Latino persons
2003
This product will assist health department TB programs to document ways to decrease the number of TB cases. Specifically, programs can identify (1) providers who served the patient up to the TB diagnosis, and (2) points at which the provider failed to carry out TB testing and treatment recommendations...
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Managers and Supervisors
2003
This online video describes what TB is and how it is spread. It explains that although TB affects people worldwide, it can be prevented, treated, and cured. The video also identifies individuals who are at risk for TB and emphasizes that they should take the TB skin test.
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2003
This brochure discusses the basic facts about tuberculosis including TB transmission, symptoms, and testing; and explains the difference between latent TB infection and active TB disease.
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Persons With LTBI
2003
This brochure provides information about TB clinic locations and hours of operation in San Diego area.
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Community Leaders
Social Service Providers
2003
This pamphlet uses a question and answer format to provide information on TB infection, how it is transmitted and diagnosed, what to do when a skin test is positive, and what a person needs to know about TB medicines.
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Persons With LTBI
2002
This pamphlet uses a question and answer format to provide information about coinfection with tuberculosis (TB) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Persons With LTBI
2002
This report sets out the rationale for the ProTest Initiative (Promotion of Voluntary Testing), based on an analysis of the impact of HIV on TB control. It describes the elements of the ProTest approach, reviews progress so far, and sets out the future direction. The purpose of the report is to generate discussion and ideas that will help the Initiative establish a comprehensive range of interventions needed to control TB in settings with high prevalence of HIV infection.
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Policy Makers
2002
This book discusses targeted tuberculin skin testing for latent TB infection as a strategic component of TB control. Specifically addressed are how to administer, read, and interpret the tuberculin skin test and its specificity and sensitivity.
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2002
This brochure discusses TB and its relationship to HIV/AIDS.
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2002
