Tuberculosis outbreak associated with a homeless shelter - Kane County, Illinois, 2007-2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 186-189

  Dobbins, Claire ^a   Marishta, Kate ^a   Kuehnert, Paul ^a   Arbisi, Michael ^b   Darnall, Elaine ^b   Conover, Craig ^b   Howland, Julia ^a   Powell, Krista ^a   Althomsons, Sandy ^a   Bamrah, Sapna ^a   Garrett, Denise ^a   Haddad, Maryam ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859151379     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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