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Results from a roving, active case finding initiative to improve tuberculosis detection among older people in rural cambodia using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and chest X-ray

BACKGROUND: Cambodia has one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) prevalence rates in the world. People aged 55 years and over account for an estimated 50% of the country's TB burden, yet this group has a low notification rate owing to specific barriers in accessing health services. One-off active...

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Autores principales: Codlin, Andrew James, Monyrath, Chry, Ky, Mom, Gerstel, Lisanne, Creswell, Jacob, Eang, Mao Tan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31720408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2018.11.001