Prevalence of smear-positive tuberculosis in persons aged ≥15 years in Bangladesh: Results from a national survey, 2007-2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1018-1027

  Zaman, K ^a   Hossain, S ^a   Banu, S ^a   Quaiyum, M A ^a   Barua, P C ^b   Salim, M A Hamid ^c   Begum, V ^b   Islam, M Akramul ^d,e   Ahmed, J ^e   Rifat, M ^e   Cooreman, E ^f   Van Der Werf, M J ^c   Borgdorff, M ^g   Van Leth, F ^c,h  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP)   (Bangladesh)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ^*  (Bangladesh)

^e RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; epidemiology; tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861092232     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001609     Document Type: Article

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