Yield of contact tracing from pediatric tuberculosis index cases in Gaborone, Botswana

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1049-1055

  Puryear, Sarah ^a,b   Seropola, G ^b   Ho Foster, A ^b,c   Arscott Mills, T ^b,c,d   Mazhani, L ^e   Firth, J ^b,c,e   Goldfarb, D M ^b,f   Ncube, R ^g   Bisson, G P ^b,c   Steenhoff, A P ^b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

Author keywords

TB case detection; TB screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880502222     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0933     Document Type: Article

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