3334.0 Tuberculosis

Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
Moderator:

2:45 PM
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and active TB among hidden populations at risk for HIV infection in Tijuana, Mexico: Project PreveTB
Richard S. Garfein, PhD, MPH, Timothy C. Rodwell, MD, PhD, MPH, Rafael Laniado-Laborín, MD, Maria Remedios Lozada, MD, Robert Deiss, MD, Jazmine Cuevas, MPH, Paris Cerecer, MD, Kathleen Moser, MD, MPH, Antonino Catanzaro, MD, Maria Luisa Volker and Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD
3:00 PM
Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay for tuberculosis screening prior to isoniazid preventive therapy in HIV-infected persons
Krishna P. Reddy, Mark F. Brady, MMS, Robert H. Gilman, Jorge Coronel, BSc, Marcos Navincopa, MD, Eduardo Ticona, Gonzalo Chavez, Eduardo Sanchez, MD, Christian Rojas, Lely Solari, Jorge Valencia, Yvette Piñedo, MD, Carlos Benites, Leonel Martinez and David A. J. Moore, MD, MSc
3:15 PM
Human tuberculosis from Mycobacterium bovis in Southern California: A reemerging disease of globalization
Timothy C. Rodwell, MD, PhD, MPH, Marisa Moore, MD, MPH, Kathleen Moser, MD, MPH, Stephanie K. Brodine, MD and Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD
3:30 PM
Health by the people: The control of tuberculosis using a community-based primary health care approach in Jamkhed, India
Aroonsiri Sangarlangkarn, BA, David Luo, BS, Shobha Arole, MBBS, DCBHD, Ratna Kamble, MA, Yosef Pandit, DCHD, Daniel Caplivski, MD and Natasha Anandaraja, MD

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Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Public Health Nursing

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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