Burden of tuberculosis disease among adolescents in a rural cohort in Eastern Uganda Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: The world health organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) a global emergency, mainly affecting people in sub-Saharan Africa. However there is little data about the burden of TB among adolescents. We estimated the prevalence and incidence of TB and assessed factors associated with TB among adolescents aged 12--18 years in a rural population in Uganda in order to prepare the site for phase III clinical trials with novel TB ...