Prospective Observational Study of Incidence and Preventable Burden of Childhood Tuberculosis, Kenya

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Mar;24(3):514-523. doi: 10.3201/eid2403.170785.
No abstract available

Keywords: Kenya; TB; bacteria; case detection rate; chemoprophylaxis; children; contact tracing; epidemiology; incidence; isoniazid; preventable burden; prevention; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

Publication types

  • Observational Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cost of Illness*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Kenya / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Odds Ratio
  • Population Surveillance
  • Risk Factors
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control