Identifying recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in the setting of high HIV and TB burden

BackgroundAccurate diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in recently exposed HIV-infected tuberculosis (TB) contacts is a public health priority because of the high risk of progression to active TB but is hampered by the high background prevalence of LTBI in high-burden populations and p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thorax 2010-04, Vol.65 (4), p.315-320
Hauptverfasser:	Mutsvangwa, Junior, Millington, Kerry A, Chaka, Kathryn, Mavhudzi, Tafadzwa, Cheung, Yin-Bun, Mason, Peter R, Butterworth, Anthony E, Corbett, Elizabeth L, Lalvani, Ajit
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult Aged AIDS AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - transmission Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Contact Tracing - methods Data analysis Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - methods Factories Female HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology Households Human immunodeficiency virus Human viral diseases Humans Immunodeficiencies Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies Immunopathology Infections Infectious diseases Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis Latent Tuberculosis - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Medical tests Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Peptides Pneumology Sputum - microbiology Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - transmission Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids Young Adult Zimbabwe - epidemiology
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