Married to M. tuberculosis: Risk of infection and disease in spouses of smear-positive tuberculosis patients

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 811-818

  Crampin, A ^a,b   Kasimba, S ^a   Mwaungulu, N J ^a   Dacombe, R ^c   Floyd, S ^b   Glynn, J R ^b   Fine, P E M ^b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

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

^c Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contacts; HIV; Isoniazid; Malawi; Spouses; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SPOUSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALAWI; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

MALAWI;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79958863519     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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