Patient reported delays in seeking treatment for tuberculosis among adult and pediatric TB patients and TB patients co-infected with HIV in Lima, Peru: A qualitative study

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Paz Soldan, Valerie A ^a,b   Alban, Rebecca E ^a   Jones, Christy Dimos ^a   Powell, Amy R ^a   Oberhelman, Richard A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Delayed diagnosis; HIV; Latin America; Qualitative research; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007564787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00281     Document Type: Article

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