Childhood tuberculosis infection and disease: A spatial and temporal transmission analysis in a South African township

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 738-743

  Middelkoop, Keren ^a   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a   Morrow, Carl ^a   Zwane, Eugene ^a   Wood, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70450187944     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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