The epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis in the Netherlands: Still room for prevention

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Erkens, Connie G M ^a   de Vries, Gerard ^a   Keizer, Sytze T ^a,b   Slump, Erika ^c   van den Hof, Susan ^a,d  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Contact investigation; Latent tuberculosis infection; Prevention; Preventive therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DUTCH; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84903136244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-295     Document Type: Article

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