Population-level impact of active tuberculosis case finding in an Asian megacity.
<h4>Background</h4>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 n...
Main Authors: | David W Dowdy, Ismat Lotia, Andrew S Azman, Jacob Creswell, Suvanand Sahu, Aamir J Khan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24147015/pdf/?tool=EBI |
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