High prevalence of tuberculosis and insufficient case detection in two communities in the Western Cape, South Africa.

High prevalence of tuberculosis and insufficient case detection in two communities in the Western Cape, South Africa.

<h4>Background</h4>In South Africa the estimated incidence of all forms of tuberculosis (TB) for 2008 was 960/100000. It was reported that all South Africans lived in districts with Directly Observed Therapy, Short-course. However, the 2011 WHO report indicated South Africa as the only c...

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Main Authors: Mareli Claassens, Cari van Schalkwyk, Leonie den Haan, Sian Floyd, Rory Dunbar, Paul van Helden, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Helen Ayles, Martien Borgdorff, Donald Enarson, Nulda Beyers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0058689&type=printable
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