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Implementation of tuberculosis infection prevention and control in Mozambican health care facilities.
Abstract
SETTING
District and urban health care facilities in three provinces (Manica, Sofala, Tete) in central Mozambique.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the level of implementation of selected tuberculosis infection prevention and control (TB-IPC) measu...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Health care-seeking behaviour among people with cough in Tanzania: findings from a tuberculosis prevalence survey.
Abstract
SETTING
The study was conducted within a nation-wide population-based tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey in the adult population in Tanzania.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the health care-seeking behaviour of coughers presumed to have TB.
DESI...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Europe, 2010–2011
Abstract
Ongoing transmission, high levels of drug resistance, and poor diagnostic
Publication · September 01, 2025
Beyond multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: a TBNET study.
Abstract
The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a challenge to TB control in Europe. We evaluated second-line drug susceptibility testing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with multidrug-resistant, pre-extensivel...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Latent tuberculosis infection as a target for tuberculosis control.
Abstract
WHO recently published guidelines for identifying and treating individuals with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in high- and middle-income countries with a low incidence of active tuberculosis as part of the ‘End TB Strategy’ for t...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Genomic insights from a final Bronze Age community buried in a collective tumulus in an Urnfield settlement in Northeastern Iberia
Publication · September 01, 2025
Prevention of Early Mortality by Presumptive Tuberculosis Therapy Study: An Open Label, Randomized Controlled Trial.
Abstract
Early mortality after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) occurs in 9-39% of patients in sub-Saharan Africa. A significant proportion of deaths are attributable to tuberculosis (TB). Low baseline CD4 T-cell count and low body mas...
Publication · September 01, 2025
Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in adult population of Tanzania: a national survey, 2012.
Abstract
SETTING
Tanzania is classified as one of the 22 high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries; however, the true burden of TB disease in the country remains unknown.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary...
Publication · September 01, 2025
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