Tuberculosis: The dis-ease that didn't dis-appear

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-132

  Bastian, Ivan ^a   Krause, Vicki L ^b  

^a WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^b Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PATIENT CARE; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; REFUGEE; SCREENING; TRANSPLANTATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIGRATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 42449114599     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01552.x     Document Type: Editorial

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