Epidemiology of pediatric tuberculosis using traditional and molecular techniques: Houston, Texas

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1141-1147

  Wootton, Susan H ^a   Gonzalez, Blanca E ^a   Pawlak, Rebecca ^b   Teeter, Larry D ^b   Smith, Kim Connelly ^c   Musser, James M ^b,d   Starke, Jeffrey R ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infectious disease; Pediatric; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TEXAS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644666979     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2701     Document Type: Article

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