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An Evaluation of Systematic Tuberculosis Screening at Private Facilities in Karachi, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: In Pakistan, like many Asian countries, a large proportion of healthcare is provided through the private sector. We evaluated a systematic screening strategy to identify people with tuberculosis in private facilities in Karachi and assessed the approaches' ability to diagnose patien...

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Autores principales:	Creswell, Jacob, Khowaja, Saira, Codlin, Andrew, Hashmi, Rabia, Rasheed, Erum, Khan, Mubashir, Durab, Irfan, Mergenthaler, Christina, Hussain, Owais, Khan, Faisal, Khan, Aamir J.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3976346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24705600 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093858

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