Population Based National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey among Adults (>15 Years) in Pakistan, 2010-2011.

BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) amongst the adult population in 2010-2011 in Pakistan. METHOD:A nationwide cross-sectional survey with multistage cluster sampling was conducted among adults (≥15 years) in 95 clusters in 2010-2011. All consenting partici...

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Main Authors: Ejaz Qadeer, Razia Fatima, Aashifa Yaqoob, Sabira Tahseen, Mahboob Ul Haq, Abdul Ghafoor, Muhammad Asif, Masja Straetemans, Edine W Tiemersma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4749340?pdf=render