The increasing burden of tuberculosis in rural South Africa - Impact of the HIV epidemic

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-450

  Wilkinson, David ^a   Davies, G R ^a  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030995031     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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