Tuberculosis outbreak investigations in the United states, 2002-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-431

  Mitruka, Kiren ^a   Oeltmann, John E ^a   Ijaz, Kashef ^a   Haddad, Maryam B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952337110     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.101550     Document Type: Article

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