Tuberculosis control in a highly endemic indigenous community in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-229

  Croda, Mariana Garcia ^a   Trajber, Zelik ^b   Da Costa Lima, Rosangela ^a   Croda, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS   (Brazil)

^b National Health Foundation of the Brazilian Ministry of Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Directly observed treatment; Directly observed treatment, short course; Indigenous population; Non completion of TB treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84858284232     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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