Mycobacterium bovis Infection, United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 539-541

  Smith, Robert M M ^a   Drobniewski, Francis ^b   Gibson, Andrea ^b   Montague, John D E ^c   Logan, Margaret N ^d   Hunt, David ^e   Hewinson, Glyn ^f   Salmon, Roland L ^a   O'Neill, Brian ^g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Ashdown House   (United Kingdom)

^d GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Health Protection Unit West Midlands East   (United Kingdom)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g Gloucestershire Hlth Protect Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETHARGY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM CULTURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 1542286956     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1003.020819     Document Type: Article

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