Tuberculosis disparity between US-born blacks and whites, Houston, Texas, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 899-904

  Serpa, Jose A ^a   Teeter, Larry D ^b   Musser, James M ^b   Graviss, Edward A ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 67449087533     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1506.081617     Document Type: Article

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