Disseminated bacille Calmette-Guérin disease in HIV-infected South African infants

• Main Authors: AC Hesseling (Author), LF Johnson (Author), H Jaspan (Author), MF Cotton (Author), A Whitelaw (Author), HS Schaaf (Author), PEM Fine (Author), BS Eley (Author), BJ Marais (Author), J Nuttall (Author), N Beyers (Author), P Godfrey-Faussett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the population-based incidence of disseminated bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) disease in HIV-infected infants (aged < 1 year) in a setting with a high burden of tuberculosis and HIV infection coupled with a well-functioning programme for the prevention of HIV infection in...