Recommendations on modern contact investigation methods for enhancing tuberculosis control

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-305

  Cook, Victoria J ^a,b   Shah, L ^c   Gardy, J ^a,b   Bourgeois, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact investigations; Genomics; GIS; Network analysis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; GENOMICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIALIZATION; SUPPORT GROUP; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

CONTACT TRACING; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84857345348     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0350     Document Type: Review

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