Latent tuberculosis among pregnant mothers in a resource poor setting in Northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
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Latent tuberculosis among pregnant mothers in a resource poor setting in Northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND Untreated latent TB infection (LTBI) is a significant risk factor for active pulmonary tuberculosis, hence predisposing to adverse pregnancy outcomes and mother to child transmission. The prevalence of latent tuberculosis in pregnancy and its association, if any, with various socio-demographic, obstetric and clinical characteristics was evaluated. METHODS Northern Tanzania was chos...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-52