Dose-response relationship between treatment delay of smear-positive tuberculosis patients and intra-household transmission: a cross-sectional study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 797-804

  Lin, Xu ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^b   Lin, Lu ^a   Geater, Alan ^b   Lijuan, Ren ^a  

^a YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

China; Dose response relationship; Therapeutics; Transmission; Treatment delay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LUNG CAVITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 46049089795     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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