Missed opportunities for diagnosis of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in Moshi, Tanzania

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1260-1266

  Tribble, Alison C ^a   Hamilton, C D ^a   Crump, J A ^a,b,c   Mgonja, A ^d   Mtalo, A ^d   Ndanu, E ^d   Itemba, D K ^d   Landman, K Z ^a   Shorter, M ^a   Ndosi, E M ^b   Shao, J F ^b,c   Bartlett, J A ^a,b,c   Thielman, N M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^d Kikundi Cha Wanawake Kilimanjaro Kupambana na UKIMWI ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV; Tanzania; Tuberculosis; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350095384     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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