High helminthic co-infection in tuberculosis patients with undernutritional status in northeastern Ethiopia
Abstract Background Tuberculosis and parasitosis are the widely distributed diseases in Ethiopia with the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, respectively. There has been no information on the status of co-infections of tuberculosis and parasitosis in Oromia Zone of Amhara Region and South Wol...
Main Authors: | Fikru Gashaw, Samuel Bekele, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Girmay Medhin, Gobena Ameni, Berhanu Erko |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-10-01
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Series: | Infectious Diseases of Poverty |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-019-0600-2 |
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