Neighbourhood prevalence-to-notification ratios for adult bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis reveals hotspots of underdiagnosis in Blantyre, Malawi

Neighbourhood prevalence-to-notification ratios for adult bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis reveals hotspots of underdiagnosis in Blantyre, Malawi

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Local information is needed to guide targeted interventions for respiratory infections such as tuberculosis (TB). Case notification rates (CNRs) are readily available, but systematically underestimate true disease burden in neighbourhoods with high diagnostic access barriers. We explored a novel app...

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Main Authors: McEwen Khundi, James R. Carpenter, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Helena R. A. Feasey, Rebecca Nzawa Soko, Marriott Nliwasa, Hussein Twabi, Lingstone Chiume, Rachael M. Burke, Katherine C. Horton, Peter J. Dodd, Ted Cohen, Peter MacPherson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9126376/?tool=EBI

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