Prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis among prisoners in North Gondar Zone Prison, northwest Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moges, Beyene ^a   Amare, Bemnet ^a   Asfaw, Fanaye ^a   Tesfaye, Wogahta ^a   Tiruneh, Moges ^a   Belyhun, Yeshambel ^a   Mulu, Andargachew ^b   Kassu, Afework ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Prison; TB HIV co infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ETHIOPIA; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SALIVA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870916783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-352     Document Type: Article

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