Additional risk of developing TB for household members with a TB case at home at intake: A 15-year study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 282-288

  Narayanan, P R ^a,b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Risk to contacts; TB infectivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33947419656     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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