Transmission
Black Americans and HIV/AIDS
This information sheet provides epidemiologic information on African Americans and HIV/AIDS. It provides statistics related to age, gender, transmission method, geography, treatment, and service utilization.
Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients During Exposure - Prone Invasive Procedures
MMWR: Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease
Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161:1376-1395, 2000
This guideline is intended to provide a framework and understanding of the diagnostic approaches to TB infection/disease and to present a classification scheme that facilitates management of all persons who have had diagnostic tests.
MMWR: Cluster of Tuberculosis Cases Among Exotic Dancers and Their Close Contacts--Kansas, 1994-2000
This report describes the results of the investigation of a cluster of TB cases that occurred in Kansas from 1994 to 2000 among women with a history of working as exotic dancers and persons who were close contacts of the dancers.
MMWR: Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
Tuberculosis: Enterese! [TB: Get the Facts]
General information about what is tuberculosis (TB), the difference between LTBI and active TB, and how to get tested for TB.
Development of New Drugs for TB Chemotherapy: Analysis of the Current Drug Pipeline
This report provides an overview of various anti-TB medications.
Lantos-Hyde US Government Tuberculosis Strategy
In response to the urgent need to control the spread of TB, the U.S. Congress passed the Reauthorization Act supporting a substantial increase in USG funding for TB treatment and control over a five-year period. The Reauthorization Act requests the development of a USG Global Tuberculosis Strategy.