Survival and health status of DOTS tuberculosis patients in rural Lao PDR

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Contact tracing of tuberculosis (TB) patients is rarely performed in low-income countries. Our objective was to assess the outcome of and compliance with directly observed treatment (DOTS) of TB patients over a 3 year period in rural...

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Main Authors: Barennes Hubert, Keophithoun Thongdam, Nguyen Tuan H, Strobel Michel, Odermatt Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/265