Resources
Texas:
• Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) - Tuberculosis Elimination Division
• Texas Center for Infectious Diseases (TCID)
• Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control – University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
National:
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
• American Lung Association (ALA) – TB information
• American Thoracic Society (ATS) – Assembly on Microbiology, Tuberculosis & Pulmonary Infections
• National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO
CDC TB Regional Training Medical Consultation Centers (RTMCCs):
• Heartland National TB Center, San Antonio, TX
• Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, San Francisco, CA
• New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute, Newark, NJ
• Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center, Gainesville, FL
Worldwide:
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Tuberculosis
Footnote:
For extensive and detailed information on TB, see the MMWR Report, Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (MMWR 2005; 54 (No. RR-12)). There are additional MMWR reports about TB online at the following CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/mmwr/default.htm
Paper copies are also available at Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
Telephone 1-202-512-1800.
