Structured approaches for the screening and diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis n a high prevalence region of South Africa;Sistemas estructurados de cribado y diagnóstico de la tuberculosis infantil en una región de alta prevalencia de Sudáfrica

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-320

  Hatherill, Mark ^a   Hanslo, Monique ^a   Hawkridge, Tony ^b   Little, Francesca ^a   Workman, Lesley ^a   Mahomed, Hassan ^a   Tameris, Michele ^a   Moyo, Sizulu ^a   Geldenhuys, Hennie ^a   Hanekom, Willem ^a   Geiter, Lawrence ^c   Hussey, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation   (United States)

^c OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MCNEMAR TEST; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STOMACH LAVAGE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77950835399     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.062893     Document Type: Article

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