Dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis across the San Francisco Bay Area

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1104-1107

  Bradford, Williamson Z ^a   Koehler, Jane ^b   El Hajj, Hiyam ^b   Hopewell, Philip C ^b   Reingold, Arthur L ^b   Agasino, Cristina B ^b   Donald Cave, M ^b   Rane, Sangeeta ^b   Yang, Zhenhua ^b   Crane, Charles M ^b   Small, Peter M ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17344371743     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517405     Document Type: Article

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