Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among gold miners in South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Hanifa, Yasmeen ^a,b   Grant, A D ^c   Lewis, J ^a,c   Corbett, E L ^c   Fielding, K ^c   Churchyard, G ^a,b,c  

^a AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Silicosis; South Africa; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GOLD; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SILICOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOLD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 58149382276     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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