Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection after travel to or contact with visitors from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1871-1875

  Lobato, Mark N ^a,b   Hopewell, Philip C ^c  

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

^b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032445541     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.6.9804106     Document Type: Article

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