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...
Main Authors: | Basra Esmail Doulla, Stephen Bertel Squire, Eleanor MacPherson, Esther Stanslaus Ngadaya, Beatrice Kemilembe Mutayoba, Ivor Langley |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05298-8 |
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