Tuberculosis control and molecular epidemiology in a South African gold-mining community

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9235, 2000, Pages 1066-1071

  Godfrey Faussett, P ^a,b   Sonnenberg, P ^c,d   Shearer, S C ^e   Bruce, M C ^a   Mee, C ^a   Morris, L ^d   Murray, J ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e GOLD FIELDS LIMITED   (South Africa)

^f National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034706232     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02730-6     Document Type: Article

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