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TB Incidence in an Adolescent Cohort in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem globally. Little is known about TB incidence in adolescents who are a proposed target group for new TB vaccines. We conducted a study to determine the TB incidence rates and risk factors for TB disease in a cohort of school-going adolesc...

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Autores principales: Mahomed, Hassan, Ehrlich, Rodney, Hawkridge, Tony, Hatherill, Mark, Geiter, Lawrence, Kafaar, Fazlin, Abrahams, Deborah Ann, Mulenga, Humphrey, Tameris, Michele, Geldenhuys, Hennie, Hanekom, Willem Albert, Verver, Suzanne, Hussey, Gregory Dudley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059652