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Losses along the tuberculosis sputum sample referral cascade for Mpongwe District, Zambia

BACKGROUND: In resource limited-settings, timely tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis depends upon referral of sputum samples from non-diagnostic to diagnostic facilities for examination. The TB programme data for 2018 suggested losses in Mpongwe District’s sputum referral cascade. AIM: This study aimed to i...

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Autores principales:	Nkhoma, Lyson, Bwembya, Josphat, Chansa, Edwin, Kumar, Ramya, Thior, Ibou, Musonda, Victoria, Chongwe, Gershom, Mwinga, Alwyn
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS 2023
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9982457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36861920 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v15i1.3710

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