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Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, TB, M. tuberculosis) ICD-9 010-018; ICD-10 A15-A19 Related Topics: High Incidence Counties

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• History of TB

  How TB has affected people through the last 300 hundred years



• TB Programs

  Lists the different programs and activities related to TB control, including correctional facilities, drug resistance, refugee health, and Ten Against TB programs



• Statistics

  Lists several measures describing the basic epidemiology of tuberculosis in Texas. Included are total number of cases and incident rates for the state and counties, maps, selected risk factors and directly observed therapy percentages



• Reporting

  Procedures for reporting to the health department when a patient has tuberculosis



• TB Forms

  Surveillance, clinical and jail forms relating to TB



• Publications

  Publications related to TB and produced by the TB program



• FAQS

  Common questions concerning TB



• Other Sites

  Listings and links to other Programs, Agencies, Guidelines, Plans, Research, and General Information on tuberculosis



• Presentations

  World TB Day presentations and others available for download

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 29, 2006

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