Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: An isolation order, public health powers, and a global crisis

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-86

  Markel, Howard ^a,d   Gostin, Lawrence O ^b   Fidler, David P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34347406170     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.1.83     Document Type: Note

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