Status of bacillary tuberculosis cases identified in a community survey under different control programmes

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 466-468

  Santha, T ^a   Subramani, R ^a   Gopi, P G ^a   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Community survey; Status of bacillary TB cases

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645686129     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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