Disparities in Tuberculosis Burden Among South Asians Living in New York City, 2001–2010
Author(s) -
Natalie Stennis,
Lisa Trieu,
Bianca R. Perri,
Janelle A. Anderson,
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq,
Shama D. Ahuja
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302056
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , genotyping , demography , south asia , foreign born , cluster (spacecraft) , transmission (telecommunications) , population , asian indian , mycobacterium tuberculosis , environmental health , genotype , pathology , ethnology , history , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , computer science , electrical engineering , gene , programming language , engineering
We have described the characteristics of South Asian-born tuberculosis (TB) patients living in New York City (NYC) and compared them with other foreign-born patients to explore possible explanations for the disproportionate burden of TB in the South Asian population.
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