The natural history of tuberculosis: The implications of age-dependent risks of disease and the role of reinfection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-201

  Vynnycky, E ^a   Fine, P E M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REINFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WALES;

EID: 0030719950     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007917     Document Type: Article

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