Prevalence of sputum smear-positive tuberculosis in a rural area in Bangladesh

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1052-1059

  Zaman, K ^a   Yunus, M ^a   Arifeen, S E ^a   Baqui, A H ^b   Sack, D A ^a   Hossain, S ^a   Rahim, Z ^a   Ali, M ^c   Banu, S ^a   Islam, M A ^d   Begum, N ^a   Begum, V ^e   Breiman, R F ^f   Black, R E ^b  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^d RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^e DGHS   (Bangladesh)

^f International Emerging Infections Program   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33748357138     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006108     Document Type: Article

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