Tuberculosis in contacts need not indicate disease transmission

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-137

  Dahle, U R ^a   Nordtvedt, S ^b   Winje, B A ^a   Mannsaaker, T ^a   Heldal, E ^a   Sandven, P ^a,c   Grewal, H M S ^d   Caugant, D A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORWAY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 13544249590     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.030841     Document Type: Article

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