Incidence of tuberculosis among school-going adolescents in South India

• Main Authors: Dharma Rao Uppada (Author), Sumithra Selvam (Author), Nelson Jesuraj (Author), Esther L. Lau (Author), T. Mark Doherty (Author), Harleen M. S. Grewal (Author), Mario Vaz (Author), Bernt Lindtjørn (Author), TB Trials Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) incidence data in vaccine target populations, particularly adolescents, are important for designing and powering vaccine clinical trials. Little is known about the incidence of tuberculosis among adolescents in India. The objective of current study is to estimat...