HIV and the risk of tuberculosis due to recent transmission over 12 years in Karonga District, Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1187-1189

  Houben, Rein M G J ^a,b   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   Mallard, Kim ^b   Mwaungulu, J Nimrod ^a   Yates, Malcolm D ^c   Mwaungulu, Frank D ^a   Ngwira, Bagrey M M ^a,b   French, Neil ^a,b   Fine, Paul E M ^a,b   Glynn, Judith R ^a,b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

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

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Malawi; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70350618081     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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