Tuberculosis-Related Deaths within a Well-Functioning DOTS Control Program

Tuberculosis-Related Deaths within a Well-Functioning DOTS Control Program

To describe the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB)-related deaths in a well-managed program in a low-HIV area, we analyzed data from a cohort of 454 pulmonary TB patients recruited between March 1995 and October 2000 in southern Mexico. Patients who were sputum acid-fast bacillus smear posi...

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Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes García-García, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, Maria Cecilia García-Sancho, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Manuel Palacios-Martínez, Javier Fuentes, Midori Kato-Maeda, Miriam Bobadilla, Peter Small, Jose Sifuentes-Osornio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Mexico
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/11/02-0021_article

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