Marking 15 years of eforts towards a comprehensive european TB surveillance system: The epidemiological situation of TB in the EU/EEA in 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Hollo, V ^a   Zucs, P ^a   Kodmon C ^a   Sandgren, A ^a   Manissero, D ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPUTUM SMEAR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 79953279944     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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