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Using mHealth to improve tuberculosis case identification and treatment initiation in South Africa: Results from a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in South Africa is among the highest globally. Initial loss to follow-up (ILFU), defined as not starting on TB treatment within 28 days of testing positive, is undermining control efforts. We assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and potential of a mHealth...

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Autores principales:	Maraba, Noriah, Hoffmann, Christopher J., Chihota, Violet N., Chang, Larry W., Ismail, Nazir, Candy, Sue, Madibogo, Edwin, Katzwinkel, Marc, Churchyard, Gavin J., McCarthy, Kerrigan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29969486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199687

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