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

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 i...

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Main Authors: AC Hesseling, LF Johnson, H Jaspan, MF Cotton, A Whitelaw, HS Schaaf, PEM Fine, BS Eley, BJ Marais, J Nuttall, N Beyers, P Godfrey-Faussett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2009-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009000700011&lng=en&tlng=en