Tuberculosis infection among homeless persons and caregivers in a high-tuberculosis-prevalence area in Japan: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tabuchi, Takahiro ^a,b   Takatorige, Toshio ^a,b   Hirayama, Yukio ^b   Nakata, Nobuaki ^b   Harihara, Shigeyoshi ^b   Shimouchi, Akira ^c   Fujita, Koshiro ^d   Yoshida, Hiroko ^d   Tamura, Yoshitaka ^d   Nagai, Takayuki ^d   Matsumoto, Tomoshige ^d   Takashima, Tetsuya ^d   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Socio Medical Center Hospital   (Japan)

^c Osaka City Public Health Office   (Japan)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78651579148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-22     Document Type: Article

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