Outbreak of tuberculosis: The importance of time of exposure versus the proximity to the source of infection;Brote de tuberculosis: Importancia del tiempo de exposición frente a la proximidad a la fuente de infección

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 414-418

  Godoy, Pere ^a,e   Díaz, José Maria ^b   Álvarez, Pilar ^b   Madrigal, Nicolás ^c   Ibarra, Juan ^c   Jiménez, Marisol ^a   Rullán, John ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Delegacion Prov de Sanid de Cuenca   (Spain)

^c Ctro Salud de Motilla del Palancar   (Spain)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Centers for Dis Contr and Prev ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0039394628     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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