Epidemiology of tuberculosis in an urban slum of Dhaka City, Bangladesh.

<h4>Background</h4>The objectives of this study were to assess the tuberculosis (TB) burden and to provide an insight into the type of circulating M. tuberculosis species in urban slums of Bangladesh. We also aimed to test the feasibility of a larger transmission study in this setting.&l...

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Main Authors: Sayera Banu, Md Toufiq Rahman, Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Razia Khatun, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md Mojibur Rahman, Md Ashaque Husain, Frank van Leth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24204933/?tool=EBI