Sputum, sex and scanty smears: New case definition may reduce sex disparities in smear-positive tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 613-619

  Ramsay, A ^a,e   Bonnet, M ^b   Gagnidze, L ^b   Githui, W ^c   Varaine, F ^d   Guerin P J ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b EPICENTRE   (France)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gender; HIV; Microscopy; Sex; Sputum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPUTUM SMEAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67649556684     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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