Importance of tuberculosis control to address child survival

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9928, 2014, Pages 1605-1607

  Graham, Stephen M ^a,b   Sismanidis, Charalambos ^c   Menzies, Heather J ^d   Marais, Ben J ^e,f   Detjen, Anne K ^b   Black, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; INFECITON RISK; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENINGITIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84900323636     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60420-7     Document Type: Note

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