Tracing patients exposed to health care workers with tuberculosis

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-157

  Zaza, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Beck Sagué, Consuelo M ^a,b,d   Jarvis, William R ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CDC   (United States)

^d Division of STD TB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; RISK; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030891398     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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