A spatial analysis of TB cases and abnormal X-rays detected through active case-finding in Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of avoidable deaths from an infectious disease globally and a large of number of people who develop TB each year remain undiagnosed. Active case-finding has been recommended by the World Health Organization to bridge the case-detection gap for TB in hi...

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Main Authors: Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi, Wafa Zehra Jamal, Christina Mergenthaler, Kiran Sohail Azeemi, Nick Van Den Berge, Jacob Creswell, Aamir Khan, Saira Khowaja, Shifa Salman Habib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28529-9