Present state of tuberculosis in the Czech Republic and in Central European and Baltic countries

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Kubin M ^a   Prikazsky V ^a   Havelkova M ^a   Svandova E ^a   Levina, K ^b   Kurve, A ^b   Leimans, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b Kivimae Hospital   (Estonia)

^c State Ctr of TB and Lung Diseases   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Prevalence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BALTIC STATES; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BALTIC STATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032808004     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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