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Incidence and Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-associated Infection among Aba Federal Prison Inmates in Nigeria

The study was undertaken to determine transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within the prison environment. In total, 168 Aba Federal prison inmates in Nigeria were evaluated for tuberculosis (TB) by sputum-smear microscopy and sputum culture, simultaneously, and for HIV status by serology. They...

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Autores principales: Chigbu, Lawrence N., Iroegbu, Christian U.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20824975