Burden of pulmonary tuberculosis among tribal population: A cross-sectional study in tribal areas of Maharashtra, India

Burden of pulmonary tuberculosis among tribal population: A cross-sectional study in tribal areas of Maharashtra, India

Background: It is very important to identify and treat infectious pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients at the earliest to save the life of the patients and to prevent the transmission of infectious agent to others. As per Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2017, an estimated 28 lakh new TB cases occur...

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Main Authors: Anil J Purty, Amit Kumar Mishra, Ramesh Chand Chauhan, Rajendran Prahankumar, Prabakaran Stalin, Joy Bazroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
Presumptive tuberculosis case
prevalence
tribal population
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2019;volume=44;issue=1;spage=17;epage=20;aulast=Purty

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