Household tuberculosis interventions-how confident are we?

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9899, 2013, Pages 1157-1159

  Getahun, Haileyesus ^a   Raviglione, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; AUTOPSY; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY TRIAL; ENHANCED TUBERCULOSIS CASE FINDING; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HOUSEHOLD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84884983483     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61568-8     Document Type: Note

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