Epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis and factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcomes in Tigray, Ethiopia: a ten-year retrospective cross sectional study

Epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis and factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcomes in Tigray, Ethiopia: a ten-year retrospective cross sectional study

Abstract Background Childhood TB is an indicator of a recent transmission of the disease in a community and it is estimated to constitute 15–20% of all TB cases in many of developing countries. However, only few studies which dominated by industrial countries were engaged to assess the situation. Th...

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Main Authors: Gebremeskel Mirutse, Mingwang Fang, Alemayehu Bayray Kahsay, Xiao Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Treatment outcome
Childhood
Tigray
Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7732-y

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