1. US TB infrastructure eroding. IDSAnews 2007; 17. Available at: http://www.idsociety.org/newsArticle.aspx?id=4556. Accessed 26 March 2008.
2. Worldwide Emergence of Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
3. US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010: with understanding and improving health and objectives for improving health. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000. Available at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/Publications/. Accessed 26 March 2008.
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reported tuberculosis in the United States, 2006. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/surv/surv2006/default.htm. Accessed 26 March 2008.
5. 2006 Annual TB summary. New York: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, 2008. Available at:http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downoads/pdf/tb/tb2006.pdf. Accessed 26 March 2008.