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Male Gender is independently associated with pulmonary tuberculosis among sputum and non-sputum producers people with presumptive tuberculosis in Southwestern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the association between gender and risk of TB infection. We sought to assess the impact of gender on TB prevalence among people with presumptive tuberculosis at a regional referral hospital in a high TB and HIV prevalence setting. METHODS: We analyzed data from two...
Autores principales: | Boum, Yap, Atwine, Daniel, Orikiriza, Patrick, Assimwe, Justus, Page, Anne-Laure, Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet, Bonnet, Maryline |
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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/PMC4265338/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25492725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0638-5 |
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