Tuberculosis in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa - a potential time bomb

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-108

  O'Grady, Justin ^a   Mwaba, Peter ^a   Bates, Matthew ^a   Kapata, Nathan ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOTSWANA; BUDGET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DEATH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; PRISON; ROOM VENTILATION; SANITATION; SCREENING; STAFF; STRESS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79551706703     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4629     Document Type: Editorial

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