Reducing delays to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis case detection through a revised routine surveillance system

Reducing delays to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis case detection through a revised routine surveillance system

Abstract Background Implementation of an effective Tuberculosis Routine Surveillance System in low-income countries like Tanzania is problematic, despite being an essential tool for the detection and effective monitoring of drug resistant tuberculosis. Long delays in specimen transportation from the...

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Main Authors: Basra Esmail Doulla, Stephen Bertel Squire, Eleanor MacPherson, Esther Stanslaus Ngadaya, Beatrice Kemilembe Mutayoba, Ivor Langley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Reference laboratory
Routine surveillance system
Previously treated cases
Specimens
Tuberculosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05298-8

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