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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456351703321

Titolo

Ending neglect [[electronic resource] ] : the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States / / Lawrence Geiter, editor ; Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-50133-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GeiterLawrence

Disciplina

614.5/42/0973

Soggetti

Tuberculosis - United States

Internal medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Fundamentals of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Control""; ""2 The Current Situation and How We Got Here""; ""3 Tuberculosis Elimination and the Changing Role of Tuberculosis Control Programs""; ""4 Advancing Toward Elimination""; ""5 Developing the Tools for Tuberculosis Elimination""; ""6 The U.S. Role in Global Tuberculosis Control""; ""7 Mobilizing for Elimination""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A Statement of Task""; ""APPENDIX B Public Session Agendas""

""APPENDIX C Site Visit Summaries""""APPENDIX D Role of Public Health Laboratories in the Control of Tuberculosis""; ""APPENDIX E Estimating the Number of Tuberculosis Cases That Can Be Prevented by a Program of Screening and Preventive Therapy of Newly Arrived Immigrants to the United States from Countries with a High Rate of Tuberculosis and the Costs of the Program""; ""APPENDIX F Approval Dates for Existing and Prospects for Development of New Antituberculosis Drugs and Vaccines""; ""APPENDIX G Committee Biographies""; ""Index""