The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Ottawa, Canada, 1995-2004

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1128-1133

  Kim, J ^a   Langevin, M ^a   Wylie, E L ^b   McCarthy, A E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Public Health   (Canada)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemiology; Ottawa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53549091624     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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