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Evaluation of underreporting tuberculosis in Central Italy by means of record linkage

21 Jun 2012

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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) surveillance systems have some pitfalls outside of a National Tuberculosis Program and lack of efficient surveillance hampers accurate epidemiological quantification of TB burden.In the present study we assessed the quality of surveillance at the University Hospital in Pisa (UHP), Italy, and TB incidence rates over a ten year period (1999-2008). METHODS: Assessment of underreporting...

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PMID: 22897910
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-472

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