Missed Opportunities for Preventing Tuberculosis Among Children Younger Than Five Years of Age

Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is an important indicator of public health success in interrupting and preventing TB transmission. To determine the frequency and types of missed opportunities for preventing TB among children

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2000-12, Vol.106 (6), p.e75-e75
Main Authors: Lobato, Mark N, Mohle-Boetani, Janet C, Royce, Sarah E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Asian People
Black or African American
Black People
California - epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification
Pediatrics
Radiography
Sex Distribution
Skin Tests
Sputum - microbiology
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - drug therapy
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - transmission
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology
White People
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Summary:Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is an important indicator of public health success in interrupting and preventing TB transmission. To determine the frequency and types of missed opportunities for preventing TB among children
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.106.6.e75