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Solutions to improve the latent tuberculosis Cascade of Care in Ghana: a longitudinal impact assessment

BACKGROUND: Loss of patients in the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) cascade of care is a major barrier to LTBI management. We evaluated the impact and acceptability of local solutions implemented to strengthen LTBI management of household contacts (HHCs) at an outpatient clinic in Ghana. METHOD...

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Autores principales:	Barss, Leila, Obeng, Joseph, Fregonese, Federica, Oxlade, Olivia, Adomako, Benjamin, Afriyie, Anthony Opoku, Frimpong, Erica Dapaah, Winters, Nicholas, Valiquette, Chantal, Menzies, Dick
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32423422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05060-0

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