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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...
Autores principales: | Middelkoop, Keren, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Morrow, Carl, Lee, Namee, Wood, Robin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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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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