Changes in the transmission of tuberculosis in New York City from 1990 to 1999

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1453-1458

  Geng, Elvin ^a,b   Kreiswirth, Barry ^c   Driver, Cynthia ^b,d   Li, Jiehui ^d   Burzynski, Joseph ^a,d   Dellalatta, Phyllis ^a   LaPaz, Angel ^d   Schluger, Neil W ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037046652     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa012972     Document Type: Article

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