Unrecognised transmission of tuberculosis in prisons

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 705-709

  MacIntyre, C R ^a,e   Kendig, N ^b   Kummer, L ^c   Birago, S ^c   Graham, N M H ^e   Plant, A J ^d  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS   (United States)

^c Maryland Division of Correction   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Epidemiology; Prisons; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRISON; PRISONER; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARYLAND; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032722704     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007667530279     Document Type: Article

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