Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are identified through active case finding in the community different than those identified in healthcare facilities?
The lack of healthcare access contributes to large numbers of tuberculosis (TB) cases being missed and has led to renewed interest in outreach approaches to increase detection. It is however unclear whether outreach activities increase case detection or merely identify patients before they attend he...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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| Series: | New Microbes and New Infections |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297516301081 |