Tuberculosis Transmission in a Large Urban Jail

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 1977, Pages 791-792

  King, Lambert ^a   Geis, George ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVENTION; PRISON; SCREENING; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MALE; PRISONS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0017358677     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03270350051021     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Report on the 1972 AMA Medical Survey of US Jail System, AMA Center for Health Research and Development. Chicago, American Medical Association, 1973.
2. Abeles H, Feibes H, Mandel E, et al: The large city prison: A reservoir of tuberculosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 101:706-709, 1970.
3. Stead WW: Goals and productivity of tuberculosis screening. Chest 68(suppl):446-448, 1975.
4. Barlow PB, Black M, Brummer DL, et al: Preventive therapy of tuberculosis infection: An official statement of the American Thoracic Society and National Center for Disease Control. Am Rev Respir Dis 110:371-374, 1974.