The association between the ratio of monocytes: Lymphocytes at age 3 months and risk of tuberculosis (TB) in the first two years of life

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Naranbhai, Vivek ^a,b   Kim, Soyeon ^c   Fletcher, Helen ^a   Cotton, Mark F ^d   Violari, Avy ^e   Mitchell, Charles ^f   Nachman, Sharon ^g   McSherry, George ^h   McShane, Helen ^a   Hill, Adrian V S ^a   Madhi, Shabir A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c CENTER FOR BIOSTATISTICS IN AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

combination antiretroviral therapy; HIV; lymphocytes; ML ratio; monocytes; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; MONOCYTE LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOUTH AFRICA; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; ISONIAZID; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MONOCYTES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84905914823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0120-7     Document Type: Article

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