High rate of transmission among contacts in large London outbreak of isoniazid mono-resistant tuberculosis

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Neely, F ^a   Maguire, H ^a,b   Le Brun, F ^a   Davies, A ^c   Gelb, D ^a   Yates, S ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Drug resistance; Outbreak; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649310998     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp056     Document Type: Article

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