First national tuberculin survey in Nepal

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 909-915

  Shrestha, K B ^a   Malla, P ^a   Jha, K K ^b   Shakya, T M ^a   Akhtar, M ^c   Gunneberg, C ^c   Van Der Werf, Marieke J ^d,e  

^a National Tuberculosis Centre   (Nepal)

^b South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation TB Centre   (Nepal)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nepal; Survey; Tuberculin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEPAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 49149112141     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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