title: [Report of a study tour in India (author's transl)].
abstract: The informant gives an account of the situation of tuberculosis in India (Epidemiology, Tuberculosis Control). Incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of tuberculosis are still high. The results of antituberculosis therapy are in general rather poor. There is existing still a serious problem of chronic tuberculosis. Drug resistant mycobacteria are often found. Nonspecific pulmonary diseases are frequent in spite of a low frequency of smoking.
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013828:Thioacetazone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014195:Travel; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D013828:Thioacetazone; D007538:Isoniazid
vernacular_title: Bericht über einen Studienaufenthalt in Indien.