A longitudinal study of transmission of tuberculosis in a large prison population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 719-725

  Chaves, Fernando ^b   Dronda, Fernando ^b   Cave, M Donald ^b   Alonso Sanz, Mercedes ^b   González López, Amparo ^b   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^b   Ortega, Arturo ^b   López Cubero, Luis ^b   Fernández Martín, Ignacio ^b   Catalan, Susana ^b   Bates, Joseph H ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 8044257123     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.2.9032218     Document Type: Article

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