Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Somalia: National tuberculin survey 2006

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 518-530

  Munim, A ^a   Rajab, Y ^a   Barker, A ^b   Daniel, M ^b   Williams, B ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION SITE INDURATION; INJECTION SITE SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMALIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INPATIENTS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOMALIA; STUDENTS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 48249134800     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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