Tuberculosis among older adults in Zambia: burden and characteristics among a neglected group
Abstract Background The 2010 Global Burden of Disease estimates show that 57% of all TB deaths globally occurred among adults older than 50 years of age. Few studies document the TB burden among older adults in Southern Africa. We focused on adults older than 55 years to assess the relative TB burde...
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Main Authors: | Jenna Coffman (Author), Pascalina Chanda-Kapata (Author), Ben J. Marais (Author), Nathan Kapata (Author), Alimuddin Zumla (Author), Joel Negin (Author) |
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2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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