Seasonality of tuberculosis in an Eastern-Asian country with an extreme continental climate

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 921-925

  Naranbat, N ^a   Nymadawa, P ^b   Schopfer, K ^c   Rieder, H L ^d  

^a National Centre for Communicable Diseases   (Mongolia)

^b Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Mongolia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mongolia; Seasonality; Temperature; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MONGOLIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349636853     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00035309     Document Type: Article

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