Prevalence of tuberculosis in close contacts smear positive TB patients

Tanaffos

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-63

  Khalilzadeh, Soheila ^a,b   Masjedi, Heydar ^a   Boloursaz, Mohammad Reza ^a   Zahirifard, Soheila ^a   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Close contact; Radiological manifestation; Smear positive TB; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 77953457768     PISSN: 17350344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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