Evaluating Tuberculosis Case Detection in Eritrea
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چکیده
We used results from a national tuberculosis prevalence survey in Eritrea to calculate case detection rate (CDR) and compared it with the published CDR. The CDR obtained from the survey was approximately 40%, whereas the CDR published by the World Health Organization was 3x lower (14%).
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