Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients under directly observed treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients under directly observed treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality among infectious diseases worldwide. For effective tuberculosis control, it is a pre-requisite to detect the cases as early as possible, and to ensure that the tuberculosis patients complete their treatment and get cured. However, in many resource-constrained settings treatment outcome for tuberculosis has not been satisfactory. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.12.010