Empirical evidence for synchrony in the evolution of TB cases and HIV+ contacts among the San Francisco homeless

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mohtashemi, Mojdeh ^a,b   Kawamura, L Masae ^c  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

CONTACT TRACING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAN FRANCISCO; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77749321140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008851     Document Type: Article

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