X ray screening at entry and systematic screening for the control of tuberculosis in a highly endemic prison

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major issue in prisons of low and middle income countries where TB incidence rates are much higher in prison populations as compared with the general population. In the Rio de Janeiro (RJ) State prison system, the TB control program is limited to passive case-findi...

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Autores principales: Sanchez, Alexandra, Massari, Veronique, Gerhardt, Germano, Espinola, Ana Beatriz, Siriwardana, Mahinda, Camacho, Luiz Antonio B, Larouzé, Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24139204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-983

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24139204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-983

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