Insights into tuberculosis burden in Karachi, Pakistan: A concurrent adult tuberculosis prevalence and child Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection survey.

Insights into tuberculosis burden in Karachi, Pakistan: A concurrent adult tuberculosis prevalence and child Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection survey.

Pakistan is one of the five highest tuberculosis burden countries globally. We estimated prevalence of adult bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis and annual risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection in children aged 2-4 years in Karachi, Pakistan. The survey design...

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Main Authors: Palwasha Y Khan, Mohammed Shariq Paracha, Chris Grundy, Falak Madhani, Saadia Saeed, Lamis Maniar, Maqboola Dojki, Liesl Page-Shipp, Nazia Khursheed, Waleed Rabbani, Najam Riaz, Saira Khowaja, Owais Hussain, Rabia Maniar, Uzma Khan, Salman Khan, Syed S H Kazmi, Ali A Dahri, Abdul Ghafoor, Sabira Tahseen, Ali Habib, James J Lewis, Katharina Kranzer, Rashida A Ferrand, Katherine L Fielding, Aamir J Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002155
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