Resúmenes de Presentaciones en Congresos

Creation of an NIH-funded binational research consortium to study DR- and MDR-TB transmission between South Texas and northeast Mexico. 

Restrepo BI, SP Fisher-Hoch, JB McCormick, Smith B, López-Leal, F, Graviss E, Rendon A. and the Texas-Mexico TB consortium. 8th Annual International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUTLD) NAR.  Austin, Tx.  February 26-28, 2004 (abstract - Solamente en Ingles)

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Type 2 diabetes is the major risk factor for tuberculosis

Figure 1.  Map of study site in the
Texas (United States) and Tamaulipas (Mexico) border.  All tuberculosis  cases reported to Texas Department of State and Health Services Region 11 (PHR-11) between 1996-2002 and to the Secretaría de Salud de Tamaulipas Sanitary Jurisdictions 3 (Jur-3), 4 (Jur-4) and 5 (Jur-5) were studied.