I have just finished translating a 132-page document on the capture of xases and symptomatics.

to be at risk, as the capture of cases may vary by subgroups such as those represented by. age, race and gender. The multivariate 2-source capture-recapture ...
www.springerlink.com/index/750GK58987467182.pdf

The benefits specific to this unique prospective approach include optimal capture of cases for correlation, minimization of errors before diagnoses are ...
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Journal of Affective Disorders : A case-control study of 92 cases ...
To ensure capture of cases that were discharged to general wards/hospitals after the suicidal act and eventually died, all medical records of suicides ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S016503270500090X

American Journal of Epidemiology - Fulltext: Volume 158(1) July 1 ...
The results strongly suggest that neither a central cancer registry nor an HDF is a sufficient source for complete capture of cases. ...
pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/ajep/fulltext.00000429-200307010-Medical Care - Fulltext: Volume 42(11) November 2004 p 1111-1116 ...

Finally, to assess the possible affect of demographic characteristics and comorbidity on the likelihood of capture of cases, loglinear models were also fit ...
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Linn A. Hammergren - Courts Under Constraints: Judges, Generals ...
... a "no" to something the incumbents once supported) might be questioned; she did check local sources to confirm capture of cases viewed as significant. ...
muse.jhu.edu/journals/latin_american_politics_and_society/v048/48.2hammergren.html

Estimation of the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes from primary ...
Stratifying the data before analysis suggests the potential error in the population estimate induced by this variable capture of cases between samples is ...
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Capture of cases of neonatal GBS. disease both as reported by parents after an. announcement in a national parents’ magazine ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/ppe/2002/00000016/000000...



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I've been working with texts on tuberculosis for the World Health Organization for over 30 years. There is no doubt here that the text is talking about locating individuals (human beings) who have respiratory symptoms. The goal is to test them for TB, treat them if they test positive, and monitor them. Collecting data doesn't control TB.

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Examples of 'TB+"capture patients"]:

...Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care ...... to better capture patients for which sepsis is a potentially preventable ...
www.gao.gov/htext/d08283.html

Notice in the example above that the point of capturing the patients is to treat them and prevent further complications. This would also be true of capturing patients with WG - it's for the purpose of treatment, not just to collect date.

Infection (including hepatitis B and C, HIV, tuberculosis, .... This step is included to capture patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis limited to the upper ...
ard.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/66/2/222

... urinalysis, bacteriology, cytology, virology, mycology, serology, TB, .... The 2006-07 budget reflects additional staffing to capture patients ...
www.sbcounty.gov/proposedbudget0607/pdf/Admin-Exec/ADMEXaza...