Decreasing household contribution to TB transmission with age: A retrospective geographic analysis of young people in a South African township

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Middelkoop, Keren ^a   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a   Morrow, Carl ^a   Lee, Namee ^b   Wood, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Infection; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84899946746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-221     Document Type: Article

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