Guidance from WHO on the prevention and control of TB during air travel

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-89

  Martinez, Lindsay ^a,c   Thomas, Kathrin ^a,d   Figueroa, José ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c City and Hackney Teaching PCT ^*  (Switzerland)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Contact investigation; International Health Regulations; Tuberculosis; WHO guideline

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HEALTH; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRAVEL;

AIRCRAFT; CONTACT TRACING; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955893761     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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