Prevalence and incidence of symptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis based on repeated population screening in a district in Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study
Objective In Ethiopia, one-third of the estimated tuberculosis cases are not detected or reported. Incidence estimates are inaccurate and rarely measured directly. Assessing the ‘real’ incidence under programme conditions is useful to understand the situation. This study aimed to measure the prevale...
Main Authors: | Brita Askeland Winje, Einar Heldal, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Abiot Bezabeh Banti, Daniel Gemechu Datiko, Mesay Hailu Dangisso, Markos Abebe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-07-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/7/e070594.full |
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