Open AccessTuberculosis and the HIV epidemic: increasing annual risk of tuberculous infection in Kenya, 1986-1996.
Author(s) -
Joseph Odhiambo,
Martien W. Borgdorff,
F. M. Kiambih,
D. Kibuga,
D. O. Kwamanga,
Lucy Ng’ang’a,
R. Agwanda,
Nico Kalisvaart,
O. Misljenovic,
N. J. D. Nagelkerke,
M. Bosman
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.7.1078
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , odds ratio , tuberculin , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , epidemiology , risk of infection , demography , prevalence , pediatrics , population , immunology , physics , pathology , sociology , biology , optics , genetics
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the increased incidence of tuberculosis (TB) due to HIV infection on the risk of TB infection in schoolchildren.