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Screening Strategies for Tuberculosis Prevalence Surveys: The Value of Chest Radiography and Symptoms
BACKGROUND: We conducted a tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey and evaluated the screening methods used in our survey, to assess if screening in TB prevalence surveys could be simplified, and to assess the accuracy of screening algorithms that may be applicable for active case finding. METHODS: All...
Autores principales: | van’t Hoog, Anna H., Meme, Helen K., Laserson, Kayla F., Agaya, Janet A., Muchiri, Benson G., Githui, Willie A., Odeny, Lazarus O., Marston, Barbara J., Borgdorff, Martien W. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22792158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038691 |
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