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International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 38(5):1295-1296; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp284
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association 2009.

Commentary: Socio-economic determinants of tuberculosis in Recife, Brazil

Suzanne Marks

Health Systems Research Team, Clinical and Health Systems Research Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. E-mail: smarks@cdc.gov

Accepted 23 July 2009

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Multilevel (or hierarchical) analysis is of particular interest to explanations of tuberculosis (TB) incidence and prevalence, as TB has long been considered a disease of socio-economic deprivation. Cantwell et al.1 published a seminal study in 1998 demonstrating an association of TB with crowding, poverty and low education in the USA, although it was entirely an ecological analysis rather than a multilevel one. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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