Transmission of tuberculosis from a seven-year-old child in a Sydney school

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 375-378

  Cardona, M ^a   Bek, M D ^a   Mills, K ^a   Isaacs, D ^b   Alperstein, G ^a  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FACULTY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032816752     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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