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Table 2 Frequency of respondents in agreement a statement on myths about contracting TB

From: Community attitudes on tuberculosis in Botswana: an opportunity for improving the National Tuberculosis Programme outcomes, 2011

Myth

Denominator

% agreeing

TB is a result of Poisoning (Ke sejeso)

2031

21

TB is a result of sleeping with a widow or widower

2031

17

TB is a result of having sex with a woman who has had a miscarriage

2028

21