The pre-chemotherapy literature documented the natural history of tuberculosis in childhood.
These disease descriptions remain invaluable for guiding public health policy and research…

OBJECTIVES: To assess the strength of evidence in published articles for an association
between smoking and passive exposure to tobacco smoke and various manifestations and …

The pre-chemotherapy literature represents an impressive body of evidence that clarifies
important epidemiological concepts in childhood tuberculosis. Reports describe the major …

This guide firstly describes tuberculosis and its identification, before outlining the treatment
of tuberculosis, the organisation and management of tuberculosis services and the structure …

Background For decades it has been assumed that postprimary tuberculosis is usually
caused by reactivation of endogenous infection rather than by a new, exogenous infection. …

Rationale: In a high–tuberculosis (TB) incidence area of Cape Town, South Africa, there is a
very high rate of unexplained recurrent TB. The incidence of new bacteriologically …

BACKGROUND. Tuberculosis control programs place an almost exclusive emphasis on
adults with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis, because they are most infectious. However, …

… Correspondence to: Prof DA Enarson … Donald Enarson was responsible for the overall
supervision of the trial. Amina Jindani, Andrew Nunn, and Donald Enarson were involved in …

Comparison is made between the fate of patients with bacteriologically proven pulmonary
tuberculosis when no chemotherapy is given, when mass chemotherapy is utilised and when …

Tygerberg, Western Cape, South Africa;‡ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease, Paris, France SETTING: In the Cape Town suburbs of Ravensmead and Uitsig, …