Undiagnosed TB in adults dying at home from natural causes in a high TB burden setting: a post mortem study

Undiagnosed TB in adults dying at home from natural causes in a high TB burden setting: a post mortem study

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Medicine in the branch Anatomical Pathology Johannesburg, 2016 === Background: A high proportion of deaths in Africa occur at home...

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Main Author:	Omar, Tanvier
Format:	Others
Language:	en
Published:	2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21306

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