Are smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients a 'sentinel' population for the HIV epidemic in Cameroon?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 346-351

  Noeske, Jürgen ^a,c   Kuaban, C ^a   Cunin, P ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Sentinel' population; Cameroon; HIV; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 2442628524     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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