TY - JOUR AU - Claassens, Mareli AU - van Schalkwyk, Cari AU - Dunbar, Rory AU - Ayles, Helen AU - Beyers, Nulda T1 - Patient Diagnostic Rate as Indicator of Tuberculosis Case Detection, South Africa T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 3 SP - 535 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To address the uncertainty of the indirectly measured tuberculosis case detection rate, we used survey data stratified by HIV status to calculate the patient diagnostic rate, a directly measurable indicator, in 8 communities in South Africa. Rates were lower among HIV-negative than HIV-positive persons. Tuberculosis programs should focus on HIV-negative persons. KW - Tuberculosis KW - HIV infections KW - South Africa KW - case detection KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - bacteria KW - TB KW - HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2203.151618 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/3/15-1618_article ER - End of Reference