Open AccessTackling Tuberculosis in Latvia
Author(s) -
Melanie Zipperer
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020122
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , extensively drug resistant tuberculosis , medicine , environmental health , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Latvia faced rising unemployment, poverty, and alcoholism, conditions that fueled a surge in TB. Zipperer discusses how Latvian health professionals are tackling the problem.
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