Contact investigation for tuberculosis in Taiwan contacts aged under 20 years in 2005

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-55

  Ling, D L ^a,b   Liaw, Y P ^b,c   Lee, C Y ^a,d   Lo, H Y ^a,e   Yang, H L ^a   Chan, Pei Chun ^a,d  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active case finding; Contact investigation; Infant and children; Latent TB infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650123508     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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