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Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Population Provided with Enhanced Diagnosis of Symptomatic Disease

BACKGROUND: Directly observed treatment short course (DOTS), the global control strategy aimed at controlling tuberculosis (TB) transmission through prompt diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive disease, has failed to prevent rising tuberculosis incidence rates in Africa brought about by the HIV ep...

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Autores principales: Corbett, Elizabeth L, Bandason, Tsitsi, Cheung, Yin Bun, Munyati, Shungu, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Hayes, Richard, Churchyard, Gavin, Butterworth, Anthony, Mason, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1761052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17199408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040022