Assessing spatiotemporal patterns of multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis in a South American setting

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1784-1793

  Lin, H ^a,b,c   Shin, S ^a,d   Blaya, J A ^a,d   Zhang, Z ^a   Cegielski, P ^e   Contreras, C ^f   Asencios, L ^g   Bonilla, C ⁱ   Bayona, J ^a,f,i   Paciorek, C J ^j,k   Cohen, T ^h,j  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MENNONITE CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

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

^f SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^h MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Geographic information systems; multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB); Peru; spatial analysis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERU; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 80053545806     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002797     Document Type: Article

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