First national tuberculin survey in Viet Nam: Characteristics and association with tuberculosis prevalence

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 738-744

  Hoa, Nguyen Binh ^a   Cobelens, F G J ^b   Sy, D N ^a   Nhung, N V ^a   Borgdorff, M W ^c,d   Tiemersma, E W ^b,e  

^a Viet Nam National Hospital for Pediatrics   (Viet Nam)

^b AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Risk of infection; Survey; Tuberculin; Tuberculosis; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; AGEISM; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 84878321431     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0200     Document Type: Article

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