Transmission of tuberculosis in a jail

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 557-563

  Jones, Timothy F ^a   Craig, Allen S ^a   Valway, Sarah E ^b   Woodley, Charles L ^c   Schaffner, William ^d  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

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

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032694789     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-8-199910190-00002     Document Type: Article

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