Rapid decline in prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis after DOTS implementation in a rural area of South India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 916-920

  Subramani, R ^a   Radhakrishna, S ^b   Frieden, T R ^c   Kolappan, C ^a   Gopi, P G ^a   Santha, T ^a   Wares, F ^d   Selvakumar, N ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b Institute for Research in Medical Statistics   (India)

^c Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community survey; DOTS; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 49149093260     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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