Undernotification of tuberculosis in patients with AIDS

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-60

  Balogun, M A ^a   Wall, P G ^b   Noone, A ^b  

^a Parkside Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; TB; Undernotification

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030046981     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462961917087     Document Type: Article

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