Tuberculosis among the homeless, United States, 1994-2010

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1414-1419

  Bamrah, Sapna ^a   Yelk Woodruff, R S ^a   Powell, K ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Kammerer, J S ^a   Haddad, M B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Housing; Latent tuberculous infection

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WHITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888119047     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0270     Document Type: Article

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