Childhood tuberculosis in Israel: Epidemiological trends and treatment outcomes, 1999-2010

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1157-1162

  Mor, Zohar ^a,b   Cedar, Noa ^a   Pinsker, Galia ^a   Bibi, Haim ^c   Grotto, Itamar ^d,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Ramla Department of Health   (Israel)

^c Barzilai Hospital   (Israel)

^d Public Health Services   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Migrant; Paediatric; Surveillance; Therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; ISRAELI; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

CHILDREN; MIGRANT; PAEDIATRIC; SURVEILLANCE; THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84877095532     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00033912     Document Type: Article

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