Adult tuberculosis in Israel and migration: Trends and challenges between 1999 and 2010

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1613-1618

  Mor, Zohar ^a,b   Pinsker, G ^a   Cedar, N ^a   Lidji, M ^c   Grotto, I ^d,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Ramla Department of Public Health   (Israel)

^c Tel Aviv Tuberculosis Clinic League Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases   (Israel)

^d Public Health Services   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Epidemiology; HIV; Migrant workers

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISRAEL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COINFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84870352467     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0296     Document Type: Article

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