Smitteopsporing efter fund af lungetuberkulose hos flyrejsende

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 899-900

  Lynggaard, Charlotte Duch ^a   Eriksen, Nina Marie Birk ^a   Andersen, Peter Henrik ^b   David, Kim Peter ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIRCRAFT; CONTACT TRACING; CROWDING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TRAVEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79953104979     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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