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Complementary surveillance strategies are needed to better characterise the epidemiology, care pathways and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in children
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) in young and HIV-infected children is frequently diagnosed at hospital level. In settings where general hospitals do not function as TB reporting units, the burden and severity of childhood TB may not be accurately reflected in routine TB surveillance data. Given the pa...
Autores principales: | du Preez, Karen, Schaaf, H. Simon, Dunbar, Rory, Walters, Elisabetta, Swartz, Alvera, Solomons, Regan, Hesseling, Anneke C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5865349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29566651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5252-9 |
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