Molecular and geographic patterns of tuberculosis transmission after 15 years of directly observed therapy

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 1679-1684

  Bishai, William R ^a,b   Graham, Neil M H ^a   Harrington, Susan ^b   Pope, Diana S ^c   Hooper, Nancy ^d   Astemborski, Jacqueline ^a   Sheely, Laura ^a   Vlahov, David ^a,b   Glass, Gregory E ^a   Chaisson, Richard E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Baltimore City Hlth Dept Chest C   (United States)

^d Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032545029     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.19.1679     Document Type: Article

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