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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...
Autores principales: | Al-Darraji, Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Altice, Frederick L |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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