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Screening for tuberculosis and testing for human immunodeficiency virus in Zambian prisons

OBJECTIVE: To improve the Zambia Prisons Service’s implementation of tuberculosis screening and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. METHODS: For both tuberculosis and HIV, we implemented mass screening of inmates and community-based screening of those residing in encampments adjacent to pris...

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Autores principales:	Maggard, Katie R, Hatwiinda, Sisa, Harris, Jennifer B, Phiri, Winifreda, Krüüner, Annika, Kaunda, Kaunda, Topp, Stephanie M, Kapata, Nathan, Ayles, Helen, Chileshe, Chisela, Henostroza, German, Reid, Stewart E
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	World Health Organization 2015
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883402 http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.14.135285

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