Tuberculosis epidemiology and control in Veracruz, Mexico

• Published in: International journal of epidemiology Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 135 - 140
• Main Authors: GARCIA-GARCIA, M. De L, SMALL, P. M, VALDESPINO-GOMEZ, J. L, GARCIA-SANCHO, C, MAYAR-MAYA, M. E, FERREYRA-REYES, L, PALACIOS-MARTINEZ, M, JIMENEZ, S, CANALES, G, QUIROZ, G, YANEZ, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.02.1999; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Mexico - epidemiology; Mexico, Veracruz; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Odds Ratio; Population Surveillance - methods; Program Evaluation; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; Tropical medicine; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Tuberculosis - prevention & control; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Central America; Mexico; America; Infection; Human; Prevention; Prevalence; Tuberculosis; Bacteriosis; Urban area; Mycobacterial infection; Epidemiology; Public health

Tuberculosis (TB) rates remain high in regions of Southern Mexico despite the existence of a National Tuberculosis Program. Understanding TB epidemiology in such settings would assist in the design of improved TB control and highlight the challenges confronting TB control in developing countries. We...