A case of infectious tuberculosis on two long-haul aircraft flights: Contact investigation

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1137, 2001, Pages 353-355

  Whitlock, Gary ^b   Calder, Lester ^a   Perry, Hilary ^a  

^a Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035839616     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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