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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and predictive factors in an urban informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: South Africa has one of the highest burdens of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in high-risk populations such as young children, adolescents, household contacts of TB cases, people living with HIV, gold miners and health care workers, but little is known about the burden of LTBI in i...

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Autores principales: Ncayiyana, Jabulani R., Bassett, Jean, West, Nora, Westreich, Daniel, Musenge, Eustasius, Emch, Michael, Pettifor, Audrey, Hanrahan, Colleen F., Schwartz, Sheree R., Sanne, Ian, van Rie, Annelies
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5101651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27825307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1989-x