Mycobacterium tuberculosis miniepidemic in a church gospel choir

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 234-237

  Mangura, Bonita T ^a   Napolitano, Eileen C ^a   Passannate, Marian R ^a   McDonald, Reynard J ^a   Reichman, Lec B ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact investigation; Environmental transmission; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031963124     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1.234     Document Type: Article

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