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Prevalence of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Blantyre, Malawi 2019–20: Substantial decline compared to 2013–14 national survey
Recent evidence shows rapidly changing tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology in Southern and Eastern Africa, with need for subdistrict prevalence estimates to guide targeted interventions. We conducted a pulmonary TB prevalence survey to estimate current TB burden in Blantyre city, Malawi. From May 2019 to...
Autores principales: | Feasey, Helena R. A., Khundi, McEwen, Nzawa Soko, Rebecca, Nightingale, Emily, Burke, Rachael M., Henrion, Marc Y. R., Phiri, Mphatso D., Burchett, Helen E., Chiume, Lingstone, Nliwasa, Marriott, Twabi, Hussein H., Mpunga, James A., MacPherson, Peter, Corbett, Elizabeth L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588852/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37862284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001911 |
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