Relative lack of clinical disease among household contacts of tuberculosis patients compared to leprosy households

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-164

  Dissanayake, S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Leprosy; PGL1; Sri Lanka; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEPROSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY SIZE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SRI LANKA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842609546     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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