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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...
Autores principales: | Corbett, Elizabeth L, Bandason, Tsitsi, Cheung, Yin Bun, Munyati, Shungu, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Hayes, Richard, Churchyard, Gavin, Butterworth, Anthony, Mason, Peter |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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