Tuberculosis in New York City — Turning the Tide

1995645 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Thomas R. Frieden · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Paula I. Fujiwara · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Rita M. Washko · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Margaret Hamburg · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Abstract

From 1978 through 1992, the number of patients with tuberculosis in New York City nearly tripled, and the proportion of such patients who had drug-resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis more than doubled.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 333, Issue 4, pp. 229-233

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199507273330406

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