Contact investigation for active tuberculosis among child contacts in Uganda

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1685-1692

  Jaganath, Devan ^a   Zalwango, Sarah ^b   Okware, Brenda ^b   Nsereko, Mary ^b   Kisingo, Hussein ^b   Malone, LaShaunda ^b   Lancioni, Christina ^c   Okwera, Alphonse ^b   Joloba, Moses ^b   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^b   Boom, W Henry ^b   Stein, Catherine ^b   Mupere, Ezekiel ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

child; contact tracing; pediatric; risk factors; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT;

CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; PEDIATRIC; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84890066349     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit645     Document Type: Article

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