Childhood Tuberculosis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Vaccination

• Main Authors: Kuo-Sheng Tsai (Author), Hsiao-Ling Chang (Author), Shun-Tien Chien (Author), Kwo-Liang Chen (Author), Kou-Huang Chen (Author), Ming-Hsin Mai (Author), Kow-Tong Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the existence of a government-run tuberculosis (TB) control program, the current nationwide burden of TB continues to be a public health problem in Taiwan. Intense current and previous efforts into diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive interventions have focused on TB in adults, but childh...