Prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis among inmates and staff of abakaliki prisons, Nigeria

Introduction: Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is one of the major diseases of public health importance especially in prisons where case finding rate has been low. The WHO established five facts of prisons PTB spread which include: Prisons receive TB, Prisons concentrate TB, Prisons disseminate TB, Pris...

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Main Authors: N C Eze, B N Azuogu, N A Ajayi, I C Akamike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
ptb
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2017;volume=26;issue=4;spage=338;epage=342;aulast=Eze;type=0