Population-Level Impact of Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in an Asian Megacity
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Population-Level Impact of Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in an Asian Megacity
BACKGROUND The potential population-level impact of private-sector initiatives for tuberculosis (TB) case finding in Southeast Asia remains uncertain. In 2011, the Indus Hospital TB Control Program in Karachi, Pakistan, undertook an aggressive case-finding campaign that doubled notification rates, providing an opportunity to investigate potential population-level effects. METHODS We construct...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077517