A First Insight into High Prevalence of Undiagnosed Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Northern Ethiopian Prisons: Implications for Greater Investment and Quality Control

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) transmission in prisons poses significant risks to inmates as well as the general population. Currently, there are no data on smear-negative pulmonary TB cases in prisons and by extension no data on the impact such cases have on TB incidence. This study was designed to...

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Autores principales: Biadglegne, Fantahun, Rodloff, Arne C., Sack, Ulrich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4159260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25203007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106869

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4159260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25203007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106869

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