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==External Links==
==External Links==
* {{dmoz|Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Infectious_Diseases/Mycobacterial/Tuberculosis/}}
*[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/corecurr/default.htm Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know.] 4th edition (2000). Updated Aug 2003.
*[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/corecurr/default.htm Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know.] 4th edition (2000). Updated Aug 2003.
*(CDC) - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination [http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/default.htm News and updates.]  
*(CDC) - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination [http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/default.htm News and updates.]  
*(CDC) - [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/faqs/default.htm Questions and Answers About TB, 2007.]  
*(CDC) - [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/faqs/default.htm Questions and Answers About TB, 2007.]  
* Health Protection Agency, England - [http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/tb/menu.htm]
*BioHealthBase Bioinformatics Resource Center.  [http://www.biohealthbase.org/ Database of ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis''] genome sequences and related information.
*Kaiser Family Foundation.  [http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/topic.jsp?i=9 Tuberculosis.] Globalhealthfacts.org.
*[[Nobel Prize|The Nobel Prize Website.]] [http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/tuberculosis/tbc/index.html Tuberculosis Educational Game]
*United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  [http://www.tbcta.org/Home/ The Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA).]
*[[World Health Organization]] (WHO). [http://www.who.int/tb/en/ Tuberculosis.]
*[[World Health Organization]] (WHO). [http://www.who.int/tb/en/ Tuberculosis.]
* Tuberculosis and HIV: HIV InSite Knowledge Base [http://hivinsite.org/InSite?page=kb-00&doc=kb-05-01-06 chapter] and [http://hivinsite.org/InSite?page=kbr-05-01-06 related resources].
*(CDC) [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/rphcs.htm Respiratory Protection in Health-Care Settings]
*(CDC) [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/rphcs.htm Respiratory Protection in Health-Care Settings]
*(CDC) [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/ichcs.htm Infection Control in Health-Care Settings]
*(CDC) [http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/ichcs.htm Infection Control in Health-Care Settings]

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