Tuberculosis risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda: Implications for tuberculosis control

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kirenga, Bruce J ^a   Ssengooba, Willy ^a,e   Muwonge, Catherine ^b   Nakiyingi, Lydia ^a   Kyaligonza, Stephen ^b   Kasozi, Samuel ^b   Mugabe, Frank ^b   Boeree, Martin ^c   Joloba, Moses ^a   Okwera, Alphonse ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938944811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1376-3     Document Type: Article

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