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The Use of Laypersons to Support Tuberculosis Screening at a Kenyan Referral Hospital

BACKGROUND: The former Nyanza Province of Kenya bore the brunt of HIV-driven tuberculosis (TB); 62% of the 19,152 cases in 2010 were HIV co-infected. The use of laypersons to improve TB case finding in community settings has shown rewarding results in other countries. We have no documented Kenyan ex...

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Autores principales: Burmen, Barbara Kabai, Mogunde, Joseph, Malika, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29899882
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_226_16