Risk factors for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from HIV-infected tuberculosis patients, Botswana

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 843-850

  Kenyon, T A ^a   Creek, T ^a   Laserson, K ^a   Makhoa, M ^a   Chimidza, N ^a   Mwasekaga, M ^a   Tappero, J ^a   Lockman, S ^a   Moeti, T ^a   Binkin, N ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; CD4; Children; Epidemiology; HIV; Tuberculosis; Women

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036797149     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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