Tuberculosis in persons with sudden unexpected death, in Cape Town, South Africa

Tuberculosis in persons with sudden unexpected death, in Cape Town, South Africa

Background: Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of death from a single infectious agent, but there has been little work to estimate mortality before the diagnosis of TB. We investigated the burden of diagnosed and undiagnosed TB in adult and child sudden unexpected deaths (...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Osman, Janette Verster, Johan J Dempers, Karen Du Preez, Arne von Delft, Rory Dunbar, Alex Welte, Pren Naidoo, Anneke C Hesseling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis mortality
Sudden unexpected death
Undiagnosed TB
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221001223

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