A first insight into high prevalence of undiagnosed smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Northern Ethiopian prisons: implications for greater investment and quality control

Tuberculosis (TB) transmission in prisons poses significant risks to inmates as well as the general population. Currently, there are no data on smear-negative pulmonary TB cases in prisons and by extension no data on the impact such cases have on TB incidence. This study was designed to obtain initi...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2014-09, Vol.9 (9), p.e106869-e106869
Hauptverfasser: Biadglegne, Fantahun, Rodloff, Arne C, Sack, Ulrich
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