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Trends of sputum-smear positive tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: 2008–2011

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) has remained one of the major public health problems in Zimbabwe with an estimated incidence rate of 552 per 100,000 persons in 2013. The aim of this study was to describe the trends in acid-fast bacilli (AFB) sputum-smear positive (SSP) TB overall and within subpopulat...

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Autores principales:	Noppert, Grace, Yang, Zhenhua, Sandy, Charles, Chirenda, Joconiah
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26475610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1568-z

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