Eligibility for isoniazid preventive therapy in South African gold mines.

The "Thibela TB" cluster randomised trial of community-wide isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) to reduce tuberculosis incidence in the South African gold mines.To determine the proportion of participants eligible for IPT and the reasons and risk factors for ineligibility, to inform the sca...

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Main Authors: James J Lewis, Katherine L Fielding, Alison D Grant, Violet N Chihota, Flora Popane, Mariette Luttig, Dorothy Muller, Leonie Coetzee, Gavin J Churchyard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3828258?pdf=render