From where are tuberculosis patients accessing treatment in India? Results from a cross-sectional community based survey of 30 districts.
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) notification in India by the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) provides information on TB patients registered for treatment from the programme. There is limited information about the proportion of patients treated for TB outside RNTCP and where these patient...
Main Authors: | Srinath Satyanarayana, Sreenivas Achutan Nair, Sarabjit Singh Chadha, Roopa Shivashankar, Geetanjali Sharma, Subhash Yadav, Subrat Mohanty, Vishnuvardhan Kamineni, Nevin Charles Wilson, Anthony David Harries, Puneet Kumar Dewan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3166304?pdf=render |
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