Tuberculosis in tropical areas and immigrants

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zammarchi, Lorenzo ^a   Bartalesi, Filippo ^b   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; CROWDING (AREA); CULTURAL FACTOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALNUTRITION; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NIGHT SWEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TROPICS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS RAPID TEST; URBANIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; ROOM VENTILATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS;

EID: 84902579016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2014.043     Document Type: Review

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