Investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, 2006

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-593

  Buff, Ann M ^a   Deshpande, Swati J ^a,b   Harrington, Theresa A ^a   Wofford, Taylor S ^a   O'Hara, Timothy W ^c   Carrigan, Kenichi ^c   Martin, Nicholas J ^d   McDowell, Jackie C ^e   Ijaz, Kashef ^a   Jensen, Paul A ^a   Lambert, Lauren A ^a   Moore, Marisa ^a,b   Oeltmann, John E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d US Naval Hospital Lemoore   (United States)

^e LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SHIP; SPUTUM SMEAR;

EID: 45749152940     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.6.588     Document Type: Article

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