Infectious disease exposures and contact tracing in homeless shelters

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1163-1167

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a   Kiss, Alex ^b   Ho, Minnie M ^c   Leung, Cheryl S ^d   Gundlapalli, Adi V ^e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Disease outbreaks; Homeless people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 58149194013     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0070     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. McElroy PD, Southwick KL, Fortenberry ER, et al. Outbreak of tuberculosis among homeless persons coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;36(10):1305-12.
3. Prevention and control of tuberculosis among homeless persons. Recommendations of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis. MMWR Recomm Rep. 1992;41(RR-5):13-23.