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Risk Factors for Inadequate TB Case Finding in Rural Western Kenya: A Comparison of Actively and Passively Identified TB Patients

BACKGROUND: The findings of a prevalence survey conducted in western Kenya, in a population with 14.9% HIV prevalence suggested inadequate case finding. We found a high burden of infectious and largely undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), that a quarter of the prevalent cases had not yet sought...

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Autores principales: van’t Hoog, Anna H., Marston, Barbara J., Ayisi, John G., Agaya, Janet A., Muhenje, Odylia, Odeny, Lazarus O., Hongo, John, Laserson, Kayla F., Borgdorff, Martien W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061162