Tuberculosis control in the Caucasus: Successes and constraints in DOTS implementation

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 394-401

  Zalesky, R ^a   Abdullajev, F ^b   Khechinashvili, G ^c   Safarian, M ^d   Madaras, T ^a   Grzemska, M ^a   Englund, E ^a   Dittmann, S ^a   Raviglione, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Research Institute of Pulmonary Diseases   (Azerbaijan)

^c Natl Res Inst TB and Pulmon Dis   (Georgia)

^d YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Caucasus; DOTS strategy; Pilot projects; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; CHILD; DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT SHORT COURSE; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSCAUCASIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032979218     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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