Tuberculosis in association with travel

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-130

  Al Jahdali, Hamdan ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^a   Menzies, Dick ^b  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air travel; Transmission; Travel; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

AIRCRAFT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MIGRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037293176     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00283-2     Document Type: Article

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