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Incidence of tuberculosis among school-going adolescents in South India
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) incidence data in vaccine target populations, particularly adolescents, are important for designing and powering vaccine clinical trials. Little is known about the incidence of tuberculosis among adolescents in India. The objective of current study is to estimate the in...
Autores principales: | Uppada, Dharma Rao, Selvam, Sumithra, Jesuraj, Nelson, Lau, Esther L., Doherty, T. Mark, Grewal, Harleen M. S., Vaz, Mario, Lindtjørn, Bernt |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962501/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27461229 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3342-0 |
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