Differences in tuberculosis incidence rates in township and in rural populations in Ntcheu District, Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 392-393

  Banerjee, A ^a,b   Harries, A D ^a   Salaniponi, F M L ^a  

^a National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incidence; Malawi; Rural areas; Semi urban areas; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032816759     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90128-1     Document Type: Article

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