The state of tuberculosis in South Africa: what does the first national tuberculosis prevalence survey teach us?

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: helen@zambart.org.zm.
² Health Systems Trust, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia.

Comment

Helen Ayles et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;22(8):1094-1096.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00286-9. Epub 2022 May 17.

¹ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: helen@zambart.org.zm.
² Health Systems Trust, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia.

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