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Accuracy and Incremental Yield of the Chest X-Ray in Screening for Tuberculosis in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

The WHO END TB strategy requires ≥90% case detection to combat tuberculosis (TB). Increased TB case detection requires a more sensitive and specific screening tool. Currently, the symptoms recommended for screening TB have been found to be suboptimal since up to 44% of individuals with TB are asympt...

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Autores principales:	Nalunjogi, Joanitah, Mugabe, Frank, Najjingo, Irene, Lusiba, Pastan, Olweny, Francis, Mubiru, Joseph, Kayongo, Edward, Sekibira, Rogers, Katamba, Achilles, Kirenga, Bruce
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004368/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33828862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6622809

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