Implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy for HIV-infected adults: Overstatement of district reports

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1005-

  Martinson, Neil A ^a,b   McLeod, Katherine E ^c   Milovanovic, Minja ^a   Msandiwa, Reginah ^a   Lebina, Limakatso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84904555913     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0855     Document Type: Letter

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