Tuberculosis in healthcare workers: A molecular epidemiologic study in San Francisco

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-458

  Ong, Adrian ^a,c   Rudoy, Irina ^b   Gonzalez, Leah C ^a   Creasman, Jennifer ^a   Kawamura, L Masae ^b   Daley, Charles L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33744786233     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504504     Document Type: Article

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