Cough-generated Aerosols of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A New Method to Study Infectiousness

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 604-609

  Fennelly, Kevin P ^a   Martyny, John W ^b   Fulton, Kayte E ^b   Orme, Ian M ^b   Cave, Donald M ^b   Heifets, Leonid B ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air microbiology; Communicable disease control; Contact tracing; Disease transmission; Infectivity

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COUGH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1442276261     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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