Tuberculosis transmission from patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-497

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b   Edwards, David ^a   Wood, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 58749094613     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596550     Document Type: Letter

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