Community-Based Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Poor Urban Settlements of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A Feasible and Effective Strategy

Natalie Lorent; Kimcheng Choun; Sopheak Thai; Tharin Kim; Sopheaktra Huy; Reaksmey Pe; Johan van Griensven; Jozefien Buyze; Robert Colebunders; Leen Rigouts; Lutgarde Lynen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092754

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Community-Based Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Poor Urban Settlements of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A Feasible and Effective Strategy

Natalie Lorent ,

* E-mail: nlorent@itg.be

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Clinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Kimcheng Choun,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Sopheak Thai,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Tharin Kim,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Sopheaktra Huy,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Reaksmey Pe,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Johan van Griensven,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Clinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Jozefien Buyze,

Affiliation Clinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Robert Colebunders,

Affiliations Clinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Leen Rigouts,

Affiliations Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Lutgarde Lynen

Affiliation Clinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Community-Based Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Poor Urban Settlements of Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A Feasible and Effective Strategy

Natalie Lorent,
Kimcheng Choun,
Sopheak Thai,
Tharin Kim,
Sopheaktra Huy,
Reaksmey Pe,
Johan van Griensven,
Jozefien Buyze,
Robert Colebunders,
Leen Rigouts

Published: March 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092754

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