Tuberculosis threat : global response / Kevin J. Brooks and Ryan W. Howard, editors.

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2011], ©2011.

ix, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

U.S. response to the global threat of tuberculosis : basic facts / Alexandra E. Kendall -- Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) : emerging public health threats and quarantine and isolation / Kathleen S. Swendiman, Nancy Lee Jones -- Building partnerships to control tuberculosis / USAID -- Tuberculosis : international efforts and issues for congress / Tiaji Salaam-Blyther -- Trends in tuberculosis, 2009 / CDC -- Testimony of Dr. Kent R. Hill, assistant administrator for global health, before the Subcommittee on Africa and global health, hearing on "multi-drug resistant tuberculosis : assessing the U.S. response to an emerging global threat."

Includes bibliographical references and index.