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Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Differences in rural and urban settings could account for distinct characteristics in the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB). We comparatively studied epidemiological features of TB and helminth co-infections in adult patients from rural and urban settings of Tanzania. METHODS: Adult pati...
Autores principales: | Sikalengo, George, Hella, Jerry, Mhimbira, Francis, Rutaihwa, Liliana K., Bani, Farida, Ndege, Robert, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Kamwela, Lujeko, Said, Khadija, Mhalu, Grace, Mlacha, Yeromin, Hatz, Christoph, Knopp, Stefanie, Gagneux, Sébastien, Reither, Klaus, Utzinger, Jürg, Tanner, Marcel, Letang, Emilio, Weisser, Maja, Fenner, Lukas |
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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/PMC5868052/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29580279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0404-9 |
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