Evaluation of Tuberculosis Underreporting in Greece through Comparison with Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Consumption
Surveillance is an integral part of tuberculosis (TB) control. Greece has a low TB notification rate, but there are doubts about underreporting. Examining anti-TB drug consumption is a way to validate the results of surveillance and estimate TB burden in the country. We used surveillance data from 2...
Main Authors: | Lytras, Theodore, Spala, Georgia, Bonovas, Stefanos, Panagiotopoulos, Takis |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503712/ |
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