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Estimating the magnitude of pulmonary tuberculosis patients missed by primary health care clinics in South Africa

DOI

61

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0

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2018

Year

Patience F. Kweza, Cari van Schalkwyk, Nitin Alexander Abraham, Margot Uys, Mareli Claassens, Andrew Medina‐Marino
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract

Low rates of TB screening and testing by the health system resulted in missed TB patients. Universal TB screening and testing of symptomatic individuals should be instituted in high TB burden communities in South Africa.