Active tuberculosis case-finding among pregnant women presenting to antenatal clinics in soweto, South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gounder, Celine R ^a   Wada, Nikolas I ^a   Kensler, Caroline ^a   Violari, Avy ^b   McIntyre, James ^c   Chaisson, Richard E ^a   Martinson, Neil A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

epidemiology; HIV; pregnancy; screening; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT SWEAT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959958137     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31821ac9c1     Document Type: Article

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