A brief history of tuberculosis in Iran during the 19th and 20th centuries

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-219

  Azizi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Bahadori, Moslem ^a  

^a Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Iran; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BCG VACCINATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; LEPROSY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HISTORY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; COINFECTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 79961179466     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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