Decreasing household contribution to TB transmission with age: a retrospective geographic analysis of young people in a South African township

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) transmission rates are exceptionally high in endemic TB settings. Adolescence represents a period of increasing TB infection and disease but little is known as to where adolescents acquire TB infection. We explored the relationship between residential exposure to adult...

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Autores principales: Middelkoop, Keren, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Morrow, Carl, Lee, Namee, Wood, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24758715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-221

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24758715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-221

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