Challenges of loss to follow-up in tuberculosis research

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Challenges of loss to follow-up in tuberculosis research. / Nissen, Thomas N; Rose, Michala V; Kimaro, Godfather; Bygbjerg, Ib Christian; Mfinanga, Sayoki G; Ravn, Pernille.

In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 7, e40183, 07.2012.

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Nissen, TN, Rose, MV, Kimaro, G, Bygbjerg, IC, Mfinanga, SG & Ravn, P 2012, 'Challenges of loss to follow-up in tuberculosis research', PLOS ONE, vol. 7, no. 7, e40183. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040183

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Nissen, T. N., Rose, M. V., Kimaro, G., Bygbjerg, I. C., Mfinanga, S. G., & Ravn, P. (2012). Challenges of loss to follow-up in tuberculosis research. PLOS ONE, 7(7), [e40183]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040183

Vancouver

Nissen TN, Rose MV, Kimaro G, Bygbjerg IC, Mfinanga SG, Ravn P. Challenges of loss to follow-up in tuberculosis research. PLOS ONE. 2012 Jul;7(7). e40183. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040183

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Nissen, Thomas N ; Rose, Michala V ; Kimaro, Godfather ; Bygbjerg, Ib Christian ; Mfinanga, Sayoki G ; Ravn, Pernille. / Challenges of loss to follow-up in tuberculosis research. In: PLOS ONE. 2012 ; Vol. 7, No. 7.

Bibtex

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abstract = "In studies evaluating methods for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), follow-up to verify the presence or absence of active TB is crucial and high dropout rates may significantly affect the validity of the results. In a study assessing the diagnostic performance of the QuantiFERON{\textregistered}-TB Gold In-Tube test in TB suspect children in Tanzania, factors influencing patient adherence to attend follow-up examinations and reasons for not attending were examined.",
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