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Prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

INTRODUCTION: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) remains a major public health problem and one of the major contributors to the pool of active tuberculosis cases. The true burden of LTBI in Africa is not known. Early modelling studies estimate that over 33% of the world’s population is infected wi...

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Autores principales: Basera, Tariro J, Ncayiyana, Jabulani, Engel, Mark E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Open 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012636