Coverage and yield of tuberculosis contact investigations in the Netherlands

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1630-1636

  Mulder, Christiaan ^a,b   Van Deutekom, H ^c   Huisman, E M ^d   Meijer Veldman, W ^a,d   Erkens, C G M ^a   Van Rest, J ^a   Borgdorff, M W ^b,c   Van Leth, F ^a,e  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^d Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Epidemiology; Prevention; Surveillance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455150144     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0027     Document Type: Article

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