Delayed tuberculosis diagnosis and tuberculosis transmission

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Golub, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Bur, S ^b   Cronin, W A ^b   Gange, S ^c   Baruch, N ^b   Comstock, G W ^c   Chaisson, R E ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed diagnosis; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144463303     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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