A molecular epidemiologic analysis of tuberculosis trends in San Francisco, 1991-1997

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 971-978

  Jasmer, Robert M ^a   Hahn, Judith A ^b   Small, Peter M ^c   Daley, Charles L ^a   Behr, Marcel A ^d   Moss, Andrew R ^b   Creasman, Jennifer M ^e   Schecter, Gisela F ^e   Paz, E Antonio ^e   Hopewell, Philip C ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Francis J Curry National Tuberculosis Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033564565     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-12-199906150-00004     Document Type: Article

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