TB, HIV-associated TB and multidrug-resistant TB on Thailand's border with Myanmar, 2006-2007

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1288-1296

  Hemhongsa, Patjuban ^b   Tasaneeyapan, Theerawit ^c   Swaddiwudhipong, Witaya ^d   Danyuttapolchai, Junya ^c   Pisuttakoon, Kanoknart ^d   Rienthong, Somsak ^c   McCarthy, Kimberly ^e   Varma, Melissa J ^f   Whitmore, Jacqueline ^f   Varma, Jay K ^a,c,e  

^a PSC 461   (China)

^b Tak Provincial Public Health Office   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Default; HIV AIDS; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Myanmar; Thailand; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYANMAR; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COUNSELING; SCREENING TEST; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAK; THAILAND;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; THAIS;

EID: 53549085398     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02139.x     Document Type: Article

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