Tuberculosis contact control in Brazil: a literature review (1984-2004).
This study aims to review plans for tuberculosis control through the analysis of measures for tuberculosis contact tracing in Brazil from 1984 to 2004. This article presents a literature review on tuberculosis control published in manuals of the Ministry of Health and the State Department of Health of Sao Paulo, and in Medline and Lilacs databases. There was a gap in the standardization of control measures in the decade from 1984 to 1994. It was concluded that health professionals need to incorporate TB control and prevention actions from the perspective of health surveillance and systematic monitoring.
Gazetta
Cláudia Eli
CE
Medical School at São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. tite@eerp.usp.br
Santos
Maria de Lourdes Sperli Geraldes
Mde L
Vendramini
Sílvia Helena Figueiredo
SH
Poletti
Nadia Antonia Aparecida
NA
Pinto Neto
José Martins
JM
Villa
Tereza Cristina Scatena
TC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D016358:Contact Tracing; D006801:Humans; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*