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Issues to be considered when implementing the standardized tuberculosis contact investigation in a setting with routine tuberculosis contact invitation: an experience from the Kisumu County, Western Kenya, 2014-2015

INTRODUCTION: Persons in close proximity with Tuberculosis (TB) patients are at risk of TB infection.Contact investigation (CI) has not been scaled up to full implementation by the National Tuberculosis Program in Kenya.As part of a TB household CI study, we documented key concerns that the TB program in Kenya need to consider when transitioning fr

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Performance study of foam concrete prepared by the synergistic utilization of agricultural waste and coal gangue based on double orthogonal experiments

The utilization of coal gangue (CG) as a substitute for cement in building materials offers an effective solution to mitigate resource wastage and environmental pollution caused by CG accumulation while also reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.This paper employs orthogonal experiments to examine the effects of CG content, water/binder ratio (w/

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Expanded newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders by tandem mass spectrometry in a northern Chinese population

Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) has been developed as one of the most important diagnostic platforms for the early detection and screening of inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs).To determine the disease spectrum and genetic characteristics of IMDs in Suqian city of Jiangsu province in the northern Chinese population, dried blood spots from 2,04,6

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