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Trends in Tuberculosis -- United States, 2007.
- Source :
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MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report . 3/21/2008, Vol. 57 Issue 11, p281-285. 5p. 1 Chart, 1 Graph, 1 Map. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The article summarizes provisional 2007 data on tuberculosis (TB) cases in the U.S. from the National TB Surviellance System and describes trends since 1993. A total of 13, 293 TB cases were reported in the U.S. in 2007 and the TB rate decreased 4.2% from 2006 to 4.4 cases per 100,000 population. The rate of TB incidence in 2007 was the lowest recorded since national reporting started in 1953.
- Subjects :
- *TUBERCULOSIS
*TRENDS
*MYCOBACTERIAL diseases
*LUNG diseases
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01492195
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31486850