Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school students in Greece

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-184

  Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a   Vasilogiannakopoulos, Antonis ^b   Spala, Georgia ^b   Mavrou, Irini ^b   Kolonia, Virginia ^b   Marinis, Evangelos ^d   Syriopoulou, Vasiliki ^c   Theodoridou, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Natl Ctr Survlnc and Intervention   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case investigation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GREECE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; STUDENTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 17444367616     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02044.x     Document Type: Article

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