Tuberculosis - The continuing scourge of India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 103, Issue JAN., 1996, Pages 19-25

  Prabhakar, R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; BCG; Case finding; Case holding; Controlled clinical trials; DNA finger printing; HIV; Multi drug resistance; Operational research; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MASS MEDIUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0030061406     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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