Secondary attack rate of tuberculosis in urban households in Kampala, Uganda.
<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis is an ancient disease that continues to threaten individual and public health today, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Current surveillance systems describe general risk of tuberculosis in a population but do not characterize the risk to an individual foll...
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| Main Authors: | Christopher C Whalen, Sarah Zalwango, Allan Chiunda, LaShaunda Malone, Kathleen Eisenach, Moses Joloba, W Henry Boom, Roy Mugerwa |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016137&type=printable |
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