The neglected global burden of tuberculosis in pregnancy

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2014, Pages e675-e676

  Zumla, Alimuddin ^a   Bates, Matthew ^b   Mwaba, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; DRUG INTERACTION; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84918822868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70338-9     Document Type: Note

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