Annual risk of tuberculous infection in four defined zones of India: A comparative picture

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-575

  Chadha, Vineet K ^a   Agarwal, S P ^b   Kumar, P ^a   Chauhan, L S ^a   Kollapan, C ^c   Jaganath, P S ^a   Vaidyanathan, P S ^a   Gopi, P G ^a   Unnikrishnan, K P ^a   Savanur, S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Directorate General of Health Services   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Annual risk; Infection; Prevalence; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20844439038     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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