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- Title
Identifying recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in the setting of high HIV and TB burden.
- Authors
Mutsvangwa, Junior; Millington, Kerry A; Chaka, Kathryn; Mavhudzi, Tafadzwa; Cheung, Yin-Bun; Mason, Peter R; Butterworth, Anthony E; Corbett, Elizabeth L; Lalvani, Ajit
- Abstract
Accurate 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 poor sensitivity of tuberculin skin testing (TST) in HIV co-infection.
- Publication
Thorax, 2010, Vol 65, Issue 4, p315
- ISSN
1468-3296
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/thx.2009.124891