Ironing out sex differences in tuberculosis prevalence
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Gender and tuberculosis: a comparison of prevalence surveys with notification data to explore sex differences in case detection.
OBJECTIVE To explore whether lower tuberculosis notification rates among women are due to a reduced access to health care, particularly diagnostic services, for women. METHODS Age- and sex-specific tuberculosis prevalence rates of smear-positive tuberculosis were obtained from tuberculosis prevalence surveys reported to the WHO or published in the literature. Age- and sex-specific notificatio...
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