Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-224

  Ocheretina, Oksana ^a   Morose, Willy ^b   Gauthier, Marie ^c   Joseph, Patrice ^b   D'Meza, Richard ^d   Escuyer, Vincent E ^e   Rastogi, Nalin ^f   Vernet, Guy ^c   Pape, Jean W ^b   Fitzgerald, Daniel W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Centers Institute of Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health   (Haïti)

^c Fondation Merieux   (France)

^d Laboratory and Research   (Haïti)

^e WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Haiti; Tuberculosis, multidrug resistant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; PROBE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

HAITI; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PORT AU PRINCE; UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84861381202     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892012000300006     Document Type: Article

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