From DOTS to the Stop TB Strategy: DOTS coverage and trend of tuberculosis notification in Ebonyi, southeastern Nigeria, 1998-2009.

Pan Afr Med J · 2011 · PMC3215534 · PMID 22145056

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

Conclusion TB notification rate shows a decreasing trend in our region with a pool of infectious cases in young-persons.

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

Unlike previous report from other African countries [ 6 , 14 , 15 ], as well as National figures for Nigeria which shows an increasing trend in all and smear-positive TB notification rate [ 3 , 8 ], we observed a decreasing trend in all and smear-positive TB notification rate in Ebonyi since 1998.

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