Tuberculosis Disparity between US-born Blacks and Whites, Houston, Texas, USA

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jose A. Serpa, Larry D. Teeter, James M. Musser, Edward A. Graviss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
epidemiology
bacteria
minorities
Texas
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/6/08-1617_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/6/08-1617_article

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