Effect of screening of immigrants on tuberculosis transmission

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-129

  Verver, Susan ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^a   Borgdorff, M W ^a  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Molecular epidemiology; Screening; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036204898     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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