Epidemiologic inference from the distribution of tuberculosis cases in households in Lima, Peru

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1582-1589

  Brooks Pollock, Ellen ^a,e   Becerra, Mercedes C ^b,c   Goldstein, Edward ^a   Cohen, Ted ^a,c   Murray, Megan B ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; MALE; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERU; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79956213445     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir162     Document Type: Article

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