Risk of latent tuberculosis infection in children living in households with tuberculosis patients: A cross sectional survey in remote northern Lao People's Democratic Republic

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nguyen, Tuan H ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^b   Slesak, Gunther ^c   Barennes, Hubert ^a  

^a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650751824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-96     Document Type: Article

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