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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...
Autores principales: | Biadglegne, Fantahun, Rodloff, Arne C., Sack, Ulrich |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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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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