The importance of recent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an area with high HIV prevalence: A long-term molecular epidemiological study in Northern Malawi

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 480-487

  Glynn, Judith R ^a   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,c   Yates, Malcolm D ^b   Traore, Hamidou ^a   Mwaungulu, Frank D ^c   Ngwira, Bagrey M ^c   Ndlovu, Richard ^c   Drobniewski, Francis ^b   Fine, Paul E M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22544472399     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431517     Document Type: Article

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