Tuberculosis Disparity between US-born Blacks and Whites, Houston, Texas, USA
Tuberculosis (TB) rates in the United States are disproportionately high for certain ethnic minorities. Using univariate and multivariate analyses, we compared data for 1,318 US-born blacks with 565 US-born non-Hispanic whites who participated in the Houston TB Initiative (1995–2004). All available...
Main Authors: | Jose A. Serpa, Larry D. Teeter, James M. Musser, Edward A. Graviss |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Sprog: | English |
Udgivet: |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009-06-01
|
Serier: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Fag: | |
Online adgang: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/6/08-1617_article |
Lignende værker
-
Distinguishing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, China
af: Kaijin Xu, et al.
Udgivet: (2014-06-01) -
Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Genotype Related to M. caprae
af: Joseph Shea, et al.
Udgivet: (2022-07-01) -
Increasing Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Specimens from US-Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions
af: Chunrong Lin, et al.
Udgivet: (2018-03-01) -
Comparison of Sputum-Culture Conversion for Mycobacterium bovis and M. tuberculosis
af: Colleen Scott, et al.
Udgivet: (2017-03-01) -
Mycobacterial Lineages Causing Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Ethiopia
af: Rebuma Firdessa, et al.
Udgivet: (2013-03-01)