Adult-to-child transmission of tuberculosis: Household or community contact?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 426-431

  Schaaf, H Simon ^a,b   Michaelis, I A ^a   Richardson, M ^c   Booysen, C N ^a   Gie, R P ^a,b   Warren, R ^c   Van Helden, P D ^c   Beyers, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037883275     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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