Editorial commentary: More evidence to support screening of child contacts of tuberculosis cases: If not now, then when?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1693-1694

  Graham, Stephen M ^a,b,c   Triasih, Rina ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

child; contact; preventive therapy; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT DISEASE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTACT SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

CHILD; CONTACT; PREVENTIVE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84890100640     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit647     Document Type: Note

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