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dc.contributor.authorVillas Bãs, Aldoes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issueds.d.es_ES
dc.date.issued1970es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/14506
dc.description.abstractThere are 85,000,000 infected persons and 1,250,000 active cases of tuberculosis in Latin America. In the United States there are about 30 million infected persons, and each year the disease is reactivated in thousands of persons. At present the estimated mortality rate is 28 per 100,000 population in South America, 20 in Middle America as opposed to 4 in North America; the morbidity rate is 118, 46 and 24 respectively in each of the above mentioned regionsen_US
dc.description.abstractDespite the fact that efficient methods of treating tuberculosis are available, it continues to be one of the major health problems in the Americas. Although the objective has always been to eliminate the disease as quickly as possible, it has frequently been first necessary to overcome reluctance to change outdated ideas and traditional approaches which prevent appropriate care being given to persons suffering from the diseaseen_US
dc.description.abstractTo accelerate tuberculosis control the author advocates greater resources for intesifying preventive and diagnostic measures, and especially ambulatory treatment, the cost of which is from 10 to 20 times less than that of hospital treatment. He also suggests that static hospital services be used for diagnosis and treatment purposes instead of mobile units, since, in the interval between their visits, the reservoir of infection continues to produce cases uninterruptedlyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe anticipated results of a tuberculosis ...(AU)es_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBoletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana (OSP);68(3),mar. 1970es_ES
dc.subjectTuberculosept_BR
dc.subjectTuberculosept_BR
dc.subjectAmérica Centrales_ES
dc.subjectAmérica do Sulpt_BR
dc.subjectAmérica do Nortept_BR
dc.subjectAmérica Latinaes_ES
dc.titleEl problema de la tuberculosis en las Américases_ES
dc.title.alternativeThe tuberculosis problem in the Americasen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US


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