The early history of tuberculosis in central East Africa: Insights from the clinical records of the first twenty years of Mengo Hospital and review of relevant literature

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 784-790

  Daniel, T M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albert Cook; East Africa; History of tuberculosis; Mengo Hospital; Tuberculosis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 0031714940     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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