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Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and associated factors among homeless individuals in Dessie and Debre Birhan towns, Northeast Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the globe’s deadliest communicable diseases. The homeless individuals are at high risk to acquire TB and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB), because of their poor living conditions and risky behaviors. Tuberculosis and MDR-TB in the homeless individuals can...

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Autores principales: Semunigus, Tsedale, Tessema, Belay, Eshetie, Setegn, Moges, Feleke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27581729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-016-0165-x