On the origin of American tuberculosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-518

  Mackowiak, Philip A ^a,e   Blos, Vera Tiesler ^d   Aguilar, Manuel ^b   Buikstra, Jane E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

AMERICAS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23244439951     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432013     Document Type: Article

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