Local epidemic history as a predictor of tuberculosis incidence in Saskatchewan Aboriginal communities

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 899-905

  Pepperell, Caitlin ^a   Chang, A H ^a   Wobeser, W ^b   Parsonnet, J ^a   Hoeppner, V H ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemic; Health status disparity; Native American; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958746624     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0556     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Larcombe L, Orr P. Housing conditions that serve as risk factors for tuberculosis infection and disease. Can Commun Dis Rep 2007; 33: 1-13.