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Symptom screening rules to identify active pulmonary tuberculosis: Findings from the Zambian South African Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Reduction (ZAMSTAR) trial prevalence surveys
BACKGROUND: High tuberculosis (TB) burden countries should consider systematic screening among adults in the general population. We identified symptom screening rules to be used in addition to cough ≥2 weeks, in a context where X-ray screening is not feasible, aiming to increase the sensitivity of s...
Autores principales: | Claassens, M. M., van Schalkwyk, C., Floyd, S., Ayles, H., Beyers, N. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336223/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28257424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172881 |
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