Complementary surveillance strategies are needed to better characterise the epidemiology, care pathways and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in children

• Main Authors: Karen du Preez (Author), H. Simon Schaaf (Author), Rory Dunbar (Author), Elisabetta Walters (Author), Alvera Swartz (Author), Regan Solomons (Author), Anneke C. Hesseling (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) in young and HIV-infected children is frequently diagnosed at hospital level. In settings where general hospitals do not function as TB reporting units, the burden and severity of childhood TB may not be accurately reflected in routine TB surveillance data. Give...