Latent tuberculosis among pregnant mothers in a resource poor setting in Northern Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sheriff, Faheem G ^a   Manji, Karim P ^a   Manji, Mohamed P ^a   Chagani, Mohamedsuhel M ^a   Mpembeni, Rose M ^a   Jusabani, Ahmed M ^b   Alwani, Zaheerabbas R ^c   Karimjee, Taha S ^d  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^c RYAZAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d PRIVOLZHSKY RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951236942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-52     Document Type: Article

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