Two-Thirds of Smear-Positive Tuberculosis Cases in the Community Were Undiagnosed in Northwest Ethiopia: Population Based Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) case detection rate remains low in Ethiopia. One of the underlying reasons is the emphasis on passive case finding strategy which may seriously underestimate the burden of the disease. Estimating the prevalence of smear-positive pulmonary TB through active case finding...

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Autores principales: Tadesse, Takele, Demissie, Meaza, Berhane, Yemane, Kebede, Yigzaw, Abebe, Markos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22164256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028258

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22164256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028258

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