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Health seeking behavior among individuals presenting with chronic cough at referral hospitals in Uganda; Missed opportunity for early tuberculosis diagnosis
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the 9(th) leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Patients live in a complex health care system with both formal and informal providers, and it is important that a TB diagnosis is not missed at the first interaction with the health care system. In this...
Autores principales: | Muttamba, Winters, Ssengooba, Willy, Kirenga, Bruce, Sekibira, Rogers, Walusimbi, Simon, Katamba, Achilles, Joloba, Moses |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6553765/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217900 |
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