Skin-test screening and tuberculosis transmission among the homeless

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1280-1284

  Kong, Po Marn ^a   Tapy, Jan ^a   Calixto, Patricia ^a   Burman, William J ^a,b   Reves, Randall R ^a,b   Yang, Zhenhua ^c,d   Donald Cave, M ^c,d  

^a DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036847730     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0811.020306     Document Type: Article

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