South Carolina tuberculosis genotype cluster investigation: A tale of substance abuse and recurrent disease

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1347-1349

  Buff, Ann M ^a   Moonan, P K ^a   Desai, M A ^a,b   McKenna, T L ^c   Harris, D A ^d   Rogers, B J ^e   Rabley, S S ^c   Oeltmann, J E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e York County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Epidemiology; Genotype; Substance abuse; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957048026     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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