Tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia: The journey across time

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 222-231

  Al Hajoj, Sahal ^a   Varghese, Bright ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Migrants; Saudi arabia; Transmission dynamics; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENDER; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84924904480     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.5296     Document Type: Review

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