Seasonality in various forms of tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1117-1122

  Nagayama, Naohiro ^a,c   Ohmori, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^c TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunity; Post primary; Primary; Seasonality; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUMMER; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33749464805     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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