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Is mass screening enough to control tuberculosis in Ecuador’s prisons?
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate mass screening campaigns for tuberculosis in prisoners in Ecuador. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Cross-sectional study of Chronic Cough (CC) detected amongst inmates who entered two prisons in Ecuador between January and December 2016 (n = 12,365). The time distribution of the CCs was...
Autores principales: | Valcárcel-Pérez, I, Molina, JL, Fuentes, Z |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8802822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35411913 http://dx.doi.org/10.18176/resp.00038 |
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