Seroprevalence of HIV infection among paediatric tuberculosis patients in Agra, India: A hospital-based study

Tuberculosis

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-11

  Hussain, Tahziba ^a   Sinha, Shikha ^a   Talan, Sujata ^b   Verma, Sanjay ^b   Yadav, V S ^a   Dayal, Rajeshwar ^b   Sengupta, U ^a   Katoch, V M ^a  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India; Paediatric tuberculosis; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIARRHEA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GROWTH DISORDER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LETHARGY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALLOR; PARENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33845677953     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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