Tuberculosis control in New York City - A changing landscape

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 2362-2365

  Macaraig, Michelle ^a   Burzynski, Joseph ^a   Varma, Jay K ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDAQUILINE; ISONIAZID; RIFAPENTINE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COST; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL MEDIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902602776     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1402147     Document Type: Article

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