Seasonal variation among tuberculosis suspects in four countries

International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Mabaera, Biggie ^a   Naranbat, Nymadawa ^b   Katamba, Achilles ^c   Laticevschi, Dumitru ^d   Lauritsen, Jens M ^e   Rieder, Hans L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^c Kampala City Council   (Uganda)

^d Tuberculosis/AIDS Project Coordination Unit   (Moldova)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Laboratory; Seasonal variation; Trends; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLDOVA; MONGOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 71849106199     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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