Differences in TB incidence between prison and general populations, Pereira, Colombia, 2010-2011

Tuberculosis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-276

  Castañeda Hernández, Diana M ^a,b   Martínez Ramírez, John E ^c   Bolivar Mejía, Adrián ^d   Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^b,e  

^a Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^c EPS Caprecom Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario (INPEC)   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^e Químico Farmacéutico   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLOMBIA; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOMBIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875803096     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.02.001     Document Type: Letter

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