Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients smear-negative for acid-fast bacilli

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Volumn 353, Issue 9151, 1999, Pages 444-449

  Behr, M A ^a,e   Warren, S A ^b   Salamon, H ^b   Hopewell, P C ^c   Ponce De Leon, A ^d   Daley, C L ^c   Small, P M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033528238     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)03406-0     Document Type: Article

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