Pulmonary disease associated with nontuberculous mycobacteria, Oregon, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1759-1761

  Winthrop, Kevin L ^a,b   Varley, Cara D ^a   Ory, Jill ^c   Cassidy, P Maureen ^b   Hedberg, Katrina ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^c Ory Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLD CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; OREGON; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052167331     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.101929     Document Type: Letter

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