The transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in a recently developed chinese city

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Wu, Peng ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Leung, Chi Chiu ^b   Tam, Cheuk Ming ^b   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956418287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010468     Document Type: Article

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