Document 0146
 DOCN  M9460146
 TI    Tuberculosis in African-American and minority populations: historic
       epidemiology of a nonclassic contagious process.
 DT    9408
 AU    McBride D; African and African-American Studies Department,
       Pennsylvania; State University, University Park 16802.
 SO    J Assoc Acad Minor Phys. 1994;5(1):11-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94220840
 AB    This article analyzes recent medical research and health data on
       persistent and resurgent tuberculosis within America's African-American
       population and other racial minorities. Case studies and epidemiologic
       data suggest that the African-American and minority-American community's
       experience with tuberculosis control problems has diverged markedly from
       the nation's as a whole. The key variations include: (1) the
       historically higher tuberculosis incidence and mortality in
       African-American and other minority populations compared with whites,
       and (2) an emerging epidemiologic pattern of interaction between human
       immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis generally limited to
       African-American and minority populations. This trend results from the
       disproportionate spread of HIV disease in minority communities. There
       are new research needs in the fields of health policy theory,
       microbiology, molecular genetics, and behavioral sciences.
 DE    AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*ETHNOLOGY/HISTORY  Communicable
       Disease Control/HISTORY  Female  History of Medicine, 19th Cent.
       History of Medicine, 20th Cent.  Human  Incidence  Male  *Minority
       Groups/HISTORY  *Negroid Race/HISTORY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
       Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*ETHNOLOGY/HISTORY  United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       HISTORICAL ARTICLE  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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