Tuberculous infection in Saharia, a primitive tribal community of Central India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 898-904

  Rao, V G ^a   Gopi, P G ^a   Yadav, R ^a   Sadacharam, K ^a   Bhat, J ^a   Subramani, R ^a   Anvikar, A R ^a   Tiwari, B K ^a   Vasantha, M ^a   Bhondeley, M K ^a   Gadge, V ^a   Eusuff, S I ^a   Shukla, G P ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; India; Population groups; Prevalence; Tuberculin tests; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 48349147733     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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