Mycobacterial disease in South African gold miners in the era of HIV infection

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 791-798

  Churchyard, G J ^a   Kleinschmidt, I ^b   Corbett, E L ^c   Mulder, D ^e   De Cock, K M ^b,d  

^a AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Case detection; Gold miners; HIV; Non tuberculous; Radiological screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MINER; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; GOLD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032862072     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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