Epidemiology of tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence population provided with enhanced diagnosis of symptomatic disease.

Epidemiology of tuberculosis in a high HIV prevalence population provided with enhanced diagnosis of symptomatic disease.

<h4>Background</h4>Directly observed treatment short course (DOTS), the global control strategy aimed at controlling tuberculosis (TB) transmission through prompt diagnosis of symptomatic smear-positive disease, has failed to prevent rising tuberculosis incidence rates in Africa brought...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth L Corbett, Tsitsi Bandason, Yin Bun Cheung, Shungu Munyati, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Richard Hayes, Gavin Churchyard, Anthony Butterworth, Peter Mason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040022&type=printable
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