| Autor: |
H T, Banda, F, Gausi, A D, Harries, F M, Salaniponi |
| Rok vydání: |
2009 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 13(12) |
| ISSN: |
1815-7920 |
| Popis: |
A cross-sectional cell-to-cell survey was conducted in 18 of 22 prisons in Malawi to determine the period prevalence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). In each prison, prisoners were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Prisoners with cough of1 week's duration were investigated by sputum smear examination. Of 7661 prisoners, 3887 had cough ofor =1 week, of whom 3794 submitted three sputum specimens: 54 (0.7%) had smear-positive PTB. The prevalence of PTB was higher in large urban prisons (1.1%) than in district prisons (0.3%, P0.001). More needs to be done to improve TB control in urban prisons. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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