Tuberculosis transmission to young children in a South African community: Modeling household and community infection risks

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 401-408

  Wood, Robin ^a,b,c   Johnstone Robertson, Simon ^a,c   Uys, Pieter ^c   Hargrove, John ^c   Middelkoop, Keren ^a,b   Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b,d   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; INFANT; NEWBORN; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77955689296     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655129     Document Type: Article

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