Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among health care workers infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 597-598

  Blumberg, Henry M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029739737     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.3.597     Document Type: Article

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