Epidemiology and disease burden of tuberculosis in children: A global perspective

Infection and Drug Resistance

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-165

  Seddon, James A ^a   Shingadia, Delane ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden; Children; Epidemiology; Global; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; BANGLADESH; BCG VACCINATION; BRAZIL; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; ETHIOPIA; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INDONESIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; KENYA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOZAMBIQUE; MYANMAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TANZANIA; THAILAND; TOBACCO; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIET NAM; WEATHER; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84902972381     PISSN: 11786973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S45090     Document Type: Review

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