Childhood tuberculosis in a low-income Paris suburb: Lessons from a resurgence brought under control

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 976-981

  De Pontual, Loic ^a   Hollebecque, V ^b   Bessa, Z ^b   Camard, O ^a   Lachassine, E ^a   Muller, M H ^a   Gaudelus, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b Immeuble Picasso   (France)

Author keywords

Contact tracing programme; Diagnosis; Mandatory notification; Paediatric tuberculosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PARIS; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3543118861     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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