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Tuberculosis contact investigation in African Portuguese-speaking countries at End TB Strategy era: a scoping review

Abstract Objectives The contact investigation of tuberculosis (TB) index case is one of the critical elements pointed by the WHO to reach the end of the TB epidemic. The scoping review aimed to map out the recommended and the adopted processes applied to active contact investigation of TB index case in African Portuguese-speaking countries (PALOP). Design Scoping […]
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Social determinants of deaths from pneumonia and tuberculosis in children in Brazil: an ecological study

Abstract Objective To identify the risk areas of deaths due to unspecified pneumonia and tuberculosis (TB) in children, and to identify if there is a relationship between these events with higher TB incidence and social determinants. Methods Ecological study carried out in Brazil. All cases of TB or unspecified pneumonia deaths in children under 5 years of […]
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