title: Tuberculosis contact control in Brazil: a literature review (1984-2004).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medical School at São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. tite@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Cláudia Eli
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gazetta
authors.forename: Maria de Lourdes Sperli Geraldes
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Sílvia Helena Figueiredo
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Vendramini
authors.forename: Nadia Antonia Aparecida
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Poletti
authors.forename: José Martins
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pinto Neto
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D016358:Contact Tracing; D006801:Humans; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*