CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley
DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014
REGION: South America
REFERENCE: Gomes T, Reis-Santos B, Bertolde A, Johnson JL, Riley LW, Maciel EL. Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Brazil: a hierarchical model. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 8;14(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-9.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Although extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is less frequent than Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) and is a secondary target for national TB control programs, its significance has increased worldwide during the HIV epidemic. The objective of this study was to examine the epidemiology of EPTB in Brazil between 2007 and 2011.
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