Transmission network analysis in tuberculosis contact investigations

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1517-1527

  Cook, Victoria J ^a,b   Sun, Sumi J ^c   Tapia, Jane ^d   Muth, Stephen Q ^g   Argüello, D Fermín ^e,h   Lewis, Bryan L ^c,i   Rothenberg, Richard B ^d   McElroy, Peter D ^f   Blumberg, Henry M ^d   FitzGerald, J Mark ^a   Flood, Jennifer M ^c   McCarthy, Sheila P ^a   Oladele, Alawode ^j   Sampson, Ameisha R ^h   Wilce, Maureen ^h   Wise, Francie ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

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

ⁱ VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j Vancouver General Hospital ^*  (United States)

^k Public Health Division   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CONTACT TRACING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 38449090964     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523109     Document Type: Article

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