Secondary attack rate of tuberculosis in urban households in Kampala, Uganda.

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 following exposure to an infectious...

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Main Authors: Christopher C Whalen, Sarah Zalwango, Allan Chiunda, LaShaunda Malone, Kathleen Eisenach, Moses Joloba, W Henry Boom, Roy Mugerwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3038854?pdf=render