Transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis during a long airplane flight

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 933-938

  Kenyon, Thomas A ^a,b,c   Valway, Sarah E ^b   Ihle, Walter W ^b   Onorato, Ida M ^b   Castro, Kenneth G ^b  

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

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

^c Mailstop E 10   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIRCRAFT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION;

EID: 0030006228     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199604113341501     Document Type: Article

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