Sex Differences in Tuberculosis Burden and Notifications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) case notification rates are usually higher in men than in women, but notification data are insufficient to measure sex differences in disease burden. This review set out to systematically investigate whether sex ratios in case notifications reflect di...
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| Main Authors: | Katherine C Horton, Peter MacPherson, Rein M G J Houben, Richard G White, Elizabeth L Corbett |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002119 |
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