title: Tuberculosis alert: an old killer returns.
abstract: Health officials predicted tuberculosis would be completely eradicated in the U.S. by the year 2010. They were wrong. Here's how to gear up the lab for its return.
authors.affiliation: Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Raritan, NJ.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Body
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012134:Respiratory Protective Devices / Q000592:standards; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States