The burden of tuberculosis in crisis-affected populations: A systematic review

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 950-965

  Kimbrough, William ^a   Saliba, Vanessa ^a   Dahab, Maysoon ^a   Haskew, Christopher ^b   Checchi, Francesco ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE COURSE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NATURAL DISASTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84869842233     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70225-6     Document Type: Review

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