• DOI:10.37757/mr2009v11.n1.8
Corpus ID: 28838922

Tuberculosis mortality trends in cuba, 1998 to 2007.

@article{Gonzlez2009TuberculosisMT,
  title={Tuberculosis mortality trends in cuba, 1998 to 2007.},
  author={E. Gonz{\'a}lez and G. Risco and S. Borroto and A. Perna and L. Armas},
  journal={MEDICC review},
  year={2009},
  volume={11 1},
  pages={
          42-7
        }
}

E. González, G. Risco, +2 authors L. Armas

Published 2009

Medicine

MEDICC review

Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death throughout the world. The World Health Organization's Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015 proposes that countries cut TB mortality by half compared to 1990 rates. In Cuba, TB mortality declined steadily throughout the 20th century, particularly after 1960. Objective Describe TB mortality distribution and trends in Cuba from January 1998 to December 2007 by infection site, sex, age and province, and determine progress towards the… CONTINUE READING

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