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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in prison in East Wollega Zo...

Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in prison in East Wollega Zo...

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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in prison in East Wollega Zone of western Ethiopia

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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in prison in East Wollega Zone of western Ethiopia

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2020-05, Vol.15 (5), p.e0233314-e0233314

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the major source of active TB and is an obstacle to the strategy of World Health Organization to end TB by 2035. In Ethiopia, there are hundreds of prisons and they are conducive settings for the transmission of TB and could serve as the sources of infection to the general public. However, there is little dat...

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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in prison in East Wollega Zone of western Ethiopia

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2404631201

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2404631201

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0233314

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