TB and Outbreaks Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 27th, 1996

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Screening - 'English-As-Second-Language' Students Should Be Screened for TB

At-Risk Populations - Iron Overload Cited in TB and HCC Death in Black Africans

Case Studies - BCG-Related Meningitis Seen 12 Years After TB Vaccination

Drug Resistance - ahpC Expression Involved in Isoniazid Resistance

Genetics - Gene Map Offers Hope for TB

Prisons - Overcrowding Strong Risk-Factor for TB

Prisons - TB Strain Lasts At Least Five Years in Arkansas Prisons

Therapy (TB) - Fluoroquinolone Less Effective in TB Regimen

Transmission - Typing TB in Hospitals Could Improve Case Finding

Infection Control (TB) - "Economic Analysis of the Tuberculosis Control Program in Mexico."

Infection Control (TB) - "Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Programme of Barcelona after Eight Years of Operation."

Infection Control (TB) - "Merlin and Tomsk Oblast Co-Operative TB Project."

Infection Control (TB) - "The Namibian Tuberculosis Association (NAMTA) and Its Role as a Patient Interest Organization (PIO) in Namibia."

Therapy (TB) - "Monitoring of Tuberculosis Treatment of Children and Adolescents in Poland."

Therapy (TB) - "The Need for Unique Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Programs Targeting TB Patients (PTS) in Inner Cities in Developed Countries."

Diagnostics - "Clinical Evaluation of the Roche AMPLICOR PCR Mycobacterium tuberculosis Test for Detection of M-tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens."

Diagnostics - "Evaluation of Amplicor MTB Test as Adjunct to Smears and Culture for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the French Caribbean."

Diagnostics - "Evaluation of mtp40 Genomic Fragment Amplification for Specific Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Clinical Specimens."

Diagnostics - "Genomic Analysis of Mycobacterium bovis and Other Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex by Isoenzyme Analysis and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis."

Testing - "Delayed Tuberculin Reactivity in Persons of Indochinese Origin: Implications for Preventive Therapy."

Transmission - "Evaluation of Tuberculosis Transmission in a Community by 1 Year of Systematic Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates."

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