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Indoor social networks in a South African township: potential contribution of location to tuberculosis transmission

Author: Wood, Robin ; Racow, Kimberly ; Bekker, Linda-Gail ; Morrow, Carl ; Middelkoop, Keren ; Mark, Daniella ; Lawn, Stephen D Date: 2012 BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that in South Africa, with a generalized tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, TB infection is predominantly acquired indoors and transmission potential is determined by the number and duration of social contacts made in ... Read more c b
Lipoarabinomannan in urine during tuberculosis treatment: association with host and pathogen factors and mycobacteriuria

Author: Wood, Robin ; Racow, Kimberly ; Bekker, Linda-Gail ; Middelkoop, Keren ; Vogt, Monica ; Kreiswirth, Barry ; Lawn, Stephen Date: 2012 BACKGROUND:Detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM), a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) cell wall antigen, is a potentially attractive diagnostic. However, the LAM-ELISA assay has demonstrated variable sensitivity in diagnosing TB in diverse ... Read more c b

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