Prevalence of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Blantyre, Malawi 2019-20: Substantial decline compared to 2013-14 national survey.

Prevalence of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Blantyre, Malawi 2019-20: Substantial decline compared to 2013-14 national survey.

Recent evidence shows rapidly changing tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology in Southern and Eastern Africa, with need for subdistrict prevalence estimates to guide targeted interventions. We conducted a pulmonary TB prevalence survey to estimate current TB burden in Blantyre city, Malawi. From May 2019 to...

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Main Authors: Helena R A Feasey, McEwen Khundi, Rebecca Nzawa Soko, Emily Nightingale, Rachael M Burke, Marc Y R Henrion, Mphatso D Phiri, Helen E Burchett, Lingstone Chiume, Marriott Nliwasa, Hussein H Twabi, James A Mpunga, Peter MacPherson, Elizabeth L Corbett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001911

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