Transplantation-transmitted tuberculosis - Oklahoma and Texas, 2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 333-336

  Kohli, V ^a   Smithee, L ^b   Ishihara, K ^c   Ostrosky Zeichner, L ^d   Van Buren, C ^d   Lappin, J ^d   Harrington, T ^e   Kuehnert, M ^f   Piercefield, E ^g  

^a INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e National Center for HIV AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OKLAHOMA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TEXAS; TISSUE DONORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 41649118276     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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