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Feasibility of using teleradiology to improve tuberculosis screening and case management in a district hospital in Malawi

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Abstract
Malawi has one of the world's highest rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (10.6%), and southern Malawi, where Thyolo district is located, bears the highest burden in the country (14.5%). Tuberculosis, common among HIV-infected people, requires radiologic diagnosis, yet Malawi has no radiologists in public service. This hinders rapid and accurate diagnosis and increases morbidity and mortality.
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Published Date
21-Jun-2012
PubMed ID
22984316
Languages
English
Volume / Issue / Pages
Volume 90, Issue 9
Issue Date
01-Sep-2012
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