Comparison of altitude effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection between rural and urban communities in Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Saito, Mayuko ^a   Pan, William K ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a   Bautista, Christian T ^b   Bamrah, Sapna ^c   Martín, Christopher A ^c   Tsiouris, Simon J ^c   Argüello, D Fermín ^c   Martinez Carrasco, Gabriela ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747155630     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.49     Document Type: Article

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