Annual risk of tuberculous infection using different methods in communities with a high prevalence of TB and HIV in Zambia and South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Shanaube, Kwame ^a   Sisminidis, Charalambos ^b   Ayles, Helen ^a,b   Beyers, Nulda ^c   Schaap, Ab ^a,b   Lawrence, Katherine Anne ^c   Barker, Annie ^c   Godfrey Faussett, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

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

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 70849118241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007749     Document Type: Article

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