The Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Zambia: Results from the First National TB Prevalence Survey, 2013-2014.

BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis in Zambia is a major public health problem, however the country does not have reliable baseline data on the TB prevalence for impact measurement; therefore it was among the priority countries identified by the World Health Organization to conduct a national TB prevalence surv...

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Main Authors: Nathan Kapata, Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, William Ngosa, Mine Metitiri, Eveline Klinkenberg, Nico Kalisvaart, Veronica Sunkutu, Aaron Shibemba, Chishala Chabala, Gershom Chongwe, Mathias Tembo, Lutinala Mulenga, Grace Mbulo, Patrick Katemangwe, Sandra Sakala, Elizabeth Chizema-Kawesha, Felix Masiye, George Sinyangwe, Ikushi Onozaki, Peter Mwaba, Davy Chikamata, Alimuddin Zumla, Martin P Grobusch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4714873?pdf=render