Childhood Tuberculosis - a new era

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Zar, Heather J ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RIFAMPICIN;

CHILD; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650234225     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2010.09.004     Document Type: Editorial

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