Effect of sex, age, and race on the clinical presentation of tuberculosis: A 15-year population-based study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-290

  Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Andersen, Aase B ^b   Lillebaek, Troels ^c   Kamper Jørgensen, Zaza ^d   Thomsen, Vibeke Østergaard ^d   Ladefoged, Karin ^e   Marrs, Carl F ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^a   Yang, Zhenhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e Queen Ingrid's Hospital   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMALIA; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051484433     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0630     Document Type: Article

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