Risk of latent tuberculosis infection in children living in households with tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional survey in remote northern Lao People's Democratic Republic

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is highly prevalent in Laos (289 per 100,000). We evaluated the risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among children (0–15 years) living with tuberculosis patients in rural northern Laos. METHODS: In a cross sectional survey of 30 randomly selected villages, 72 tuberc...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Tuan H, Odermatt, Peter, Slesak, Gunther, Barennes, Hubert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19534769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-96

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19534769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-96

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