Trends in mortality from pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS co-infection in rural South Africa (Agincourt)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 893-898

  Zwang, Julien ^a   Garenne, Michel ^b   Kahn, Kathleen ^c   Collinson, Mark ^c   Tollman, Stephen M ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Mortality; Sex distribution; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34447643230     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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