Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis in Pakistan: Are national guidelines used by private healthcare providers?
Background: The National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) in Pakistan developed, with the Pakistan Paediatric Association, a pediatric scoring chart to aid diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis (TB). Our study compared the diagnostic practice of private healthcare providers in Pakistan with the NTP...
Main Authors: | Aashifa Yaqoob, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Razia Fatima, Hemant D. Shewade, Nadia Nisar, Ahmed Wali |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221003672 |
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