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Burden of tuberculosis disease among adolescents in a rural cohort in Eastern Uganda

BACKGROUND: The world health organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) a global emergency, mainly affecting people in sub-Saharan Africa. However there is little data about the burden of TB among adolescents. We estimated the prevalence and incidence of TB and assessed factors associated with TB...

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Autores principales: Waako, James, Verver, Suzanne, Wajja, Anne, Ssengooba, Willy, Joloba, Moses L, Colebunders, Robert, Musoke, Philippa, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23890464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-349