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High Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among medical students in Makerere University, Kampala: results of a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Uganda’s Ministry of Health registered a 12% increase in new Tuberculosis (TB) cases between 2001 and 2005. Of these, 20% were from Kampala district and most from Mulago national referral hospital where the largest and the oldest medical school is found. Medical students are likely to ha...

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Autores principales:	Mugerwa, Henry, Byarugaba, Denis K, Mpooya, Simon, Miremba, Penelope, Kalyango, Joan N, Karamagi, Charles, Katamba, Achilles
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3642000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23601111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/0778-7367-71-7

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