Utility of genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the contact investigation: A decision analysis

Tuberculosis

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-184

  Sintchenko, Vitali ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a  

^a Sydney West Area Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact investigation; Decision analysis; Markov models; Molecular epidemiology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DECISION TREES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARKOV CHAINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROBABILITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34047262513     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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