Temporal trends in the prevalence of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> infection in South African adolescents

Erick Wekesa Bunyasi; H. Geldenhuys; Humphrey Mulenga; Justin Shenje; Angelique Kany Kany Luabeya; M. Tameris; Elisa Nemes; Hassan Mahomed; Virginie Rozot; Robin Wood; Jason R. Andrews; Mark Hatherill

doi:https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.18.0283

doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.18.0283

Temporal trends in the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in South African adolescents

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International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease4.00

Volume: 23, Issue: 5, Pages: 571 - 578

Published: May 1, 2019

Abstract

SETTING South Africa. OBJECTIVE 1) To measure changes in the adolescent prevalence of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) between 2005 and 2015, and 2) to evaluate medium-term impact of TB control measures on LTBI prevalence. DESIGN We compared baseline data from a cohort study (2005-2007) and a vaccine trial (2014-2015) which enrolled...

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Temporal trends in the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in South African adolescents

DOI

doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.18.0283

Published Date

May 1, 2019

Journal

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volume

23

Issue

5

Pages

571 - 578

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