ABBREVIATIONS 1 .AFB- ACID FAST BACILLUS 2.ALRI-ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 3.ARI-ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS 4.BCG-BACILLUS CALMETTE GUARINE 5.COPD-CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE 6.DOTS-DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY SHORT COURSE 7.DTC-DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CENTRE 8.INH-ISONIAZID 9.DTP-DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAMME 10.MDR-TB - MULTI DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS 11.MDT-MULTI DRUGS THERAPY of TUBERCULOSIS 12.NTP - NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAMME 13.NTCP-NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME 14.PMDT-PROGRAMMATIC MANAGEMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT- TB 15.PTB-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS 16.RNTCP-REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME 17.SARS - SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME 18.TB-TUBERCULOSIS 19.TU-TUBERCULOSIS UNIT 20.XDR-TB EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TB 21.ZDV-ZIDOVUDINE