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Elvin H Geng

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Tracking A Sample Of Patients Lost To Follow-Up Has A Major Impact On Understanding Determinants Of Survival In Hiv-Infected Patients On Antiretroviral Therapy In Africa, Elvin Geng Dec 2009

Tracking A Sample Of Patients Lost To Follow-Up Has A Major Impact On Understanding Determinants Of Survival In Hiv-Infected Patients On Antiretroviral Therapy In Africa, Elvin Geng

Elvin H Geng

No abstract provided.


Sampling-Based Approach To Determining Outcomes Of Patients Lost To Follow-Up In Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up Programs In Africa, Elvin H. Geng Dec 2007

Sampling-Based Approach To Determining Outcomes Of Patients Lost To Follow-Up In Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up Programs In Africa, Elvin H. Geng

Elvin H Geng

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Clinical And Radiographic Correlates Clinical And Radiographic Correlates: A Molecular Epidemiology Study, Elvin H. Geng Dec 2004

Clinical And Radiographic Correlates Clinical And Radiographic Correlates: A Molecular Epidemiology Study, Elvin H. Geng

Elvin H Geng

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Changes In The Transmission Of Tuberculosis In New York City From 1990 To 1999, Elvin H. Geng Dec 2001

Changes In The Transmission Of Tuberculosis In New York City From 1990 To 1999, Elvin H. Geng

Elvin H Geng

Background: Over the past decade, there has been a reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis in New York City and in the United States. However, the reduction has been confined mainly to U.S.-born persons. Understanding the reasons for the lack of reduction among non–U.S.-born persons may lead to new strategies for tuberculosis control. Methods: We performed DNA fingerprinting with the IS6110 insertion sequence of the organisms isolated from patients with culture-positive tuberculosis in northern Manhattan from 1990 to 1999. The goal was to identify the strains responsible for multiple infections, presumably through recent transmission (clusters of cases), as well as …