High Incidence of Tuberculosis among HIV‐Infected Infants: Evidence from a South African Population‐Based Study Highlights the Need for Improved Tuberculosis Control Strategies | Zendy

Anneke C. Hesseling | Zendy; Mark F. Cotton | Zendy; Teresa Jennings | Zendy; Andrew Whitelaw | Zendy; Leigh F. Johnson | Zendy; Brian Eley | Zendy; Paul Roux | Zendy; Peter GodfreyFaussett | Zendy; H. Simon Schaaf | Zendy

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High Incidence of Tuberculosis among HIV‐Infected Infants: Evidence from a South African Population‐Based Study Highlights the Need for Improved Tuberculosis Control Strategies

Author(s) -

Anneke C. Hesseling,

Mark F. Cotton,

Teresa Jennings,

Andrew Whitelaw,

Leigh F. Johnson,

Brian Eley,

Paul Roux,

Peter GodfreyFaussett,

H. Simon Schaaf

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/595012

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , tuberculosis control , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , pediatrics , environmental health , immunology , virology , pathology , physics , optics

There are limited population-based estimates of tuberculosis incidence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected infants aged < or =12 months. We aimed to estimate the population-based incidence of culture-confirmed tuberculosis among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected infants in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

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