Racial disparities in primary and reactivation tuberculosis in a rural community in the southeastern United States

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 733-740

  O'Donnell, Max R ^a   Chamblee, S ^b   Von Reyn, C F ^c   Ellerbrock, T V ^d   Johnson, J ^b   Marsh, B J ^c   Moreland, J D ^e   Narita, M ^f,g   Pedrosa, M ^h   Johnson, L S ⁱ   Horsburgh Jr , C R ^a,j  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Glades Health Initiative Inc   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e C L Brumback Health Center   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Black race; HIV infection; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Southeastern United States; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77952394682     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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