Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculosis patients with HIV infection or AIDS

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-77

  Cauthen, George M ^a   Dooley, Samuel W ^a   Onorato, Ida M ^a   Ihle, Walter W ^a   Burr, Janice M ^b   Bigler, William J ^b   Witte, John ^b   Castro, Kenneth G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b FL Dept Hlth Rehabilitative Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; comorbidity; contact tracing; epidemiologic factors; HIV seropositivity; infection; tuberculin test; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029974834     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008856     Document Type: Article

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