Population-based prevalence survey of tuberculosis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Berhe, Gebretsadik ^a,b,c   Enqueselassie, Fikre ^b   Hailu, Elena ^a   Mekonnen, Wondale ^a   Teklu, Tsigemariam ^d   Gebretsadik, Ataklti ^d   Berhe, Rezene ^b   Haile, Tewodros ^e   Aseffa, Abraham ^a  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Tigray Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^e AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bacteriologically confirmed; Cross sectional; Ethiopia; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Tigray region

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884639916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-448     Document Type: Article

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