Networks and tuberculosis: an undetected community outbreak involving public places

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 681-694

  Klovdahl, A S ^a   Graviss, E A ^b   Yaganehdoost, A ^c   Ross, M W ^c   Wanger, A ^d   Adams, G J ^b   Musser, J M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Network analysis; Outbreak investigation; Outbreak network; Place finding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035207711     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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