Environmental risk factors for infection with Mycobacterium avium complex

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Reed, Carrie ^a   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^b   Chamblee, Sandra ^c   Ellerbrock, Tedd V ^d   Johnson, Johnny W ^c   Marsh, Bryan J ^b   Johnson, Linda S ^d   Trenschel, Robert J ^e   Horsburgh Jr , C Robert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Glades Health Initiative Inc   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Hospice of Palm Beach County   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Mycobacterium avium complex; Opportunistic infections; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULIN;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PALM BEACH COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX;

EID: 33745385137     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj159     Document Type: Article

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