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Determining the burden of tuberculosis in Eritrea: a new approach

OBJECTIVE: To obtain an estimate of the prevalence of new cases of smear-positive tuberculosis in Eritrea using a new low-cost approach. METHODS: The study was designed to include a sample of 35 000 people divided between 40 clusters. The clusters were selected by sampling proportional to population...

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Main Authors:	Mineab Sebhatu (Author), Bahlbi Kiflom (Author), Melles Seyoum (Author), Nuredin Kassim (Author), Tesfazion Negash (Author), Andeberhan Tesfazion (Author), Martien W Borgdorff (Author), Marieke J van der Werf (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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