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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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