Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among adults in a rural sub-district of South India.

BACKGROUND: We conducted a survey to estimate point prevalence of bacteriologically positive pulmonary TB (PTB) in a rural area in South India, implementing TB program DOTS strategy since 2002. METHODS: Survey was conducted among persons ≥ 15 years of age in fifteen clusters selected by simple rando...

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Main Authors: Vineet K Chadha, Prahlad Kumar, Sharada M Anjinappa, Sanjay Singh, Somashekar Narasimhaiah, Malathi V Joshi, Joydev Gupta, Lakshminarayana, Jitendra Ramchandra, Magesh Velu, Suganthi Papkianathan, Suseendra Babu, Hemalatha Krishna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3431961?pdf=render