Low prevalence of TB on long-haul aircraft

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-23

  Byrne, Neville ^a  

^a BRITISH AIRWAYS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft ventilation; Airline TB prevalence; TB case notifications

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

AIRCRAFT; CONFINED SPACES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VENTILATION;

EID: 33845269124     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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