Tuberculosis patients in an Indian mega-city: Where do they live and where are they diagnosed?

Tuberculosis patients in an Indian mega-city: Where do they live and where are they diagnosed?

OBJECTIVE:Tuberculosis (TB) is a major source of mortality in urban India, with many structural challenges to optimal care delivery. In the government TB program in Chennai, India's fourth most populous city, there is a 49% gap between the official number of smear-positive TB patients diagnosed...

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Main Authors: Ramnath Subbaraman, Beena E Thomas, Senthil Sellappan, Chandra Suresh, Lavanya Jayabal, Savari Lincy, Agnes L Raja, Allison McFall, Sunil Suhas Solomon, Kenneth H Mayer, Soumya Swaminathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5557603?pdf=render

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