Prevalence of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Blantyre, Malawi 2019-20: Substantial decline compared to 2013-14 national survey.

• Main Authors: Helena R A Feasey (Author), McEwen Khundi (Author), Rebecca Nzawa Soko (Author), Emily Nightingale (Author), Rachael M Burke (Author), Marc Y R Henrion (Author), Mphatso D Phiri (Author), Helen E Burchett (Author), Lingstone Chiume (Author), Marriott Nliwasa (Author), Hussein H Twabi (Author), James A Mpunga (Author), Peter MacPherson (Author), Elizabeth L Corbett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recent evidence shows rapidly changing tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology in Southern and Eastern Africa, with need for subdistrict prevalence estimates to guide targeted interventions. We conducted a pulmonary TB prevalence survey to estimate current TB burden in Blantyre city, Malawi. From May 2019 to...