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Delay in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in The Gambia, West Africa: A cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the pattern of tuberculosis (TB) care initiation and risk factors for TB diagnostic delay in The Gambia. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, adult patients diagnosed with pulmonary TB (pTB) in public facilities in the Greater Banjul Area of The Gambia were consecutivel...

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Autores principales:	Owolabi, Olumuyiwa A., Jallow, Alpha O., Jallow, Momodou, Sowe, Gambia, Jallow, Rohey, Genekah, Monica D., Donkor, Simon, Wurrie, Alieu, Kampmann, Beate, Sutherland, Jayne, Togun, Toyin
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7493728/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32949776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.029

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