Tuberculosis: Current situation, challenges and overview of its control programs in India

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-150

  Sandhu, Gursimrat ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bovine TB; DOTS (directly observed treatment short course); HIV TB; Multidrug resistant TB; RNTCP (revised national TB control program); Short course chemotherapy (SCC); TB control program in India; The "Stop TB" strategy; Treatment of TB; Tuberculosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CAPREOMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79959240747     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.81691     Document Type: Review

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