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Latent tuberculosis infection in a Malaysian prison: implications for a comprehensive integrated control program in prisons

BACKGROUND: Prisons continue to fuel tuberculosis (TB) epidemics particularly in settings where access to TB screening and prevention services is limited. Malaysia is a middle-income country with a relatively high incarceration rate of 138 per 100,000 population. Despite national TB incidence rate r...

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Autores principales: Al-Darraji, Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Altice, Frederick L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3907782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24405607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-22