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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in prison in East Wollega Zone of western Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the major source of active TB and is an obstacle to the strategy of World Health Organization to end TB by 2035. In Ethiopia, there are hundreds of prisons and they are conducive settings for the transmission of TB and could serve as the sources of...

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Autores principales: Chekesa, Basha, Gumi, Balako, Chanyalew, Mahlet, Zewude, Aboma, Ameni, Gobena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32428042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233314