Tuberculin skin test surveys and the Annual Risk of Tuberculous Infection in school children in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.

• Main Authors: Tom A Yates (Author), Siphiwe Cebekhulu (Author), Mumsy Mthethwa (Author), P Bernard Fourie (Author), Marie-Louise Newell (Author), Ibrahim Abubakar (Author), Frank Tanser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Tuberculin skin test surveys in primary school children can be used to quantify Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission at community level. KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, is home to 11.5 million people and suffers a burden of tuberculosis disease that is among the highest in the world. The la...