A community and workplace outbreak of tuberculosis in Hawke's Bay in 2002

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1200, 2004, Pages

  McElnay, Caroline ^a   Thornley, Craig ^b   Armstrong, Rob ^a  

^a Hawke's Bay District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL WORK; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKPLACE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 16544367037     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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