Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Adulthood and childhood epidemiology of tubercolosis I
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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A. C. Lazarin, R. T. Mendes (Campinas, Brazil). Risk of tuberculosis infection and disease among household contacts younger than 15 years, exposed to adults with positive sputum acid-fast stain smear in Campinas, Brazil. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 1234

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