A one-year prospective study (1994-1995) for a first evaluation of tuberculosis transmission in French prisons

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 853-859

  Hanau Bercot, B ^a   Gremy, I ^a   Raskine, L ^a   Bizet, J ^a   Gutierrez, M C ^a   Boyer Mariotte, S ^a   Bregeault, A ^a   Lagrange, P H ^a   Sanson Le Pors, M J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Correctional facilities; Incidence; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; RFLP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033817239     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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