Transmission of Tuberculosis to Close Contacts of Patients with Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 331-335

  Kritski, Afranio L ^b   Ozorio Marques, Maria J ^c   Rabahi, Marcelo F ^c   Silva Vieira, Maria A M ^c   Werneck Barroso, Eduardo ^c   Carvalho, Carlos E S ^c   De Noronha Andrade, Geraldo ^c   Bravo De Souza, Roberto ^c   Andrade, Laerte M ^c   Gontijo, Paulo P ^c   Riley, Lee W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROCONVERSION; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0030050990     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.1.8542139     Document Type: Article

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