Tuberculin reactivity and tuberculosis epidemiology in the Pakaanóva (Wari') Indians of Rondônia, south-western Brazilian Amazon

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Escobar, A L ^a   Coimbra Jr , Carlos E A ^b   Camacho, L A B ^b   Santos, R V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; BCG; Epidemiology; PPD; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; SCREENING TEST; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INDURATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BCG VACCINE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROUPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 1642434500     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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