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Missed Opportunities in Tuberculosis Investigation and Associated Factors at Public Health Facilities in Uganda 

2020-12-11

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<h4>Background: </h4> The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is high in Uganda; yet, TB case detection is low. A recent national TB prevalence survey revealed that only 16% of presumptive TB patients seeking care at health facilities were offered sputum microscopy or chest-X ray (CXR). The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude of, and patient factors associated with missed opportunities in TB investig...

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Literature Corpus work: 9b652629-ba49-5c44-b33d-87fd9bc4840c
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-124193/v1

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