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Direct Observation of Treatment Provided by a Family Member as Compared to Non-Family Member among Children with New Tuberculosis: A Pragmatic, Non-Inferiority, Cluster-Randomized Trial in Gujarat, India

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends direct observation of treatment (DOT) to support patients with tuberculosis (TB) and to ensure treatment completion. As per national programme guidelines in India, a DOT provider can be anyone who is acceptable and accessible to the patient and ac...

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Autores principales: Dave, Paresh Vamanrao, Shah, Amar Niranjan, Nimavat, Pankaj B., Modi, Bhavesh B., Pujara, Kirit R., Patel, Pradip, Mehariya, Keshabhai, Rade, Kiran Vaman, Shekar, Soma, Sachdeva, Kuldeep S., Oeltmann, John E., Kumar, Ajay M. V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26849442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148488