Influence of Family System Characteristics on Adherence to Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course (Dots) in Pulmonary Tuberculosis-A Cohort Study

Ulises Rosado-Quiab¹, Roberto Manuel Cedillo-Rivera², David Alejandro Cabrera-Gaytan^3* and Alfredo Vargas-Valerio⁴

¹Head of Department of Epidemiological Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Coordination of Epidemiological Surveillance, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico

²Head of the Medical Research Unit. Yucatan, Mexico

³Head of Department of Epidemiological Surveillance of Respiratory Diseases, Coordination of Epidemiological Surveillance, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico

⁴Epidemiologist assigned to the Coordination of Epidemiological Surveillance, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico

^*Corresponding Author: David Alejandro Cabrera-Gaytan, Head of Department of Epidemiological Surveillance of Respiratory Diseases, Coordination of Epidemiological Surveillancem, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mier Y Pesado No. 120, Primer Piso, Colonia Del Valle, Delegación Benito Juárez, México, Distrito Federal.CP 03100, Mexico, Tel: +52-1-5536-8861 Email: ,