Demographic risk factors and lymphocyte populations in patients with tuberculosis and their healthy contacts

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1148-1155

  Ponticiello, A ^a   Perna, F ^a   Sturkenboom, M C J M ^a   Marchetiello, I ^a   Bocchino, M ^a   Sanduzzi, A ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Contact tracing; Immune response; Lymphocyte subsets; Tuberculosis transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035671669     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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