Increased incidence of the outbreak strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the surrounding community after an outbreak in a jail

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-157

  Jones, Timothy F ^a   Woodley, Charles L ^b   Fountain, Francis F ^b   Schaffner, William ^b  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037328040     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000053678.62096.6F     Document Type: Article

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