757. Community Prevalence of Bacteriologically Confirmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A 7-Year Retrospective Study

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that about 40% of the Indian population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), the vast majority of whom have latent TB. However, asymptomatic pulmonary carriage of the TB bacteria contributes to sustenance of the disease in the community and subsequent transmi...

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Autores principales: Sethuraman, Nandini, Thirunarayan, M a, Subbulakshmi, R, Lakshmisree, V, Balasubramanian, Udhaya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253645/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.764

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253645/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.764

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