Tuberculosis epidemiology in six provinces of Vietnam after the introduction of the DOTS strategy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 963-969

  Huong, N T ^a,b   Duong, B D ^a   Co, N V ^a   Quy, H T ^c   Tung, L B ^c   Broekmans, J F ^d   Bosman, M C ^e   Verhage, C ^d   Kalisvaart, N ^d   Borgdorff, M W ^b,d   Cobelens, Frank G ^b,d  

^a National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communicable disease control; Disease notification; Health surveys; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 33748606607     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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