To treat or not to treat: The case of tuberculosis

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 629-656

  Castillo Chavez, Carlos ^a   Feng, Zhilan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Co existence; Dynamical systems; Epidemiology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031154662     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050069     Document Type: Article

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