50 years of tuberculosis control in India: Progress, pitfalls and the way forward

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-98

  John, T J ^a   Vashishtha, Vipin M ^b   John, S M ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Mangla Hospital and Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Annual Risk of TB infection (ARTI); Pediatric TB; Public Health; Revised National TB Control Project (RNTCP); TB Control; Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BCG VACCINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84873335558     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-013-0021-4     Document Type: Review

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