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Predictors of loss to follow-up among adult tuberculosis patients in Southern Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

BACKGROUND: Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a major public health problem as patients can be infectious and also may develop a multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). The study aimed to assess whether LTFU differs by the distance TB patients travelled to receive care...

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Autores principales: Watumo, Desta, Mengesha, Melkamu Merid, Gobena, Tesfaye, Gebremichael, Mathewos Alemu, Jerene, Degu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35568853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13390-8