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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...
Autores principales: | Codlin, Andrew James, Monyrath, Chry, Ky, Mom, Gerstel, Lisanne, Creswell, Jacob, Eang, Mao Tan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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