| Title |
Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in an Urban Slum of Dhaka City, Bangladesh
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077721 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sayera Banu, Toufiq Rahman, Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Razia Khatun, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mojibur Rahman, Ashaque Husain, Frank van Leth |
| Abstract |
The objectives of this study were to assess the tuberculosis (TB) burden and to provide an insight into the type of circulating M. tuberculosis species in urban slums of Bangladesh. We also aimed to test the feasibility of a larger transmission study in this setting. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 158 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 156 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 21% |
| Researcher | 32 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 12% |
| Unknown | 41 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 17% |
| Unknown | 48 | 30% |