Prevalence of latent TB infection and TB disease among adolescents in high TB burden countries in Africa: a systematic review protocol

INTRODUCTION: Almost a third of the world population has latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI), ∼10 million of whom develop TB disease annually, despite existence of effective, but lengthy, preventive and curative drug regimens. Although adolescents appear to have a very high force of LTBI, thei...

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Autores principales: Bunyasi, Erick Wekesa, Schmidt, Bey-Marrie, Abdullahi, Leila Hussein, Mulenga, Humphrey, Tameris, Michele, Luabeya, Angelique, Shenje, Justin, Scriba, Thomas, Geldenhuys, Hennie, Wood, Robin, Hatherill, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Infectious Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28283492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014609

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28283492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014609

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