Risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection in Mexican American children

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Young, Janine ^a   O'Connor, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Latent tuberculosis infection; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; ETHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; CROSS REACTIONS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 27744567816     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1685     Document Type: Article

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