Incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis disease in children: Systematic review and global estimates

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9928, 2014, Pages 1572-1579

  Jenkins, Helen E ^a   Tolman, Arielle W ^b   Yuen, Courtney M ^b   Parr, Jonathan B ^b,c   Keshavjee, Salmaan ^b,c   Pérez Vélez, Carlos M ^d   Pagano, Marcello ^d   Becerra, Mercedes C ^b,c   Cohen, Ted ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DRUG SENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84900311169     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60195-1     Document Type: Article

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