Public health interventions involving travelers with tuberculosis - U.S. ports of entry, 2007-2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 570-573

  Kim, Curi ^a   Buckley, Kirsten ^a   Marienau, Karen J ^a   Jackson, William L ^a   Escobedo, Miguel ^a   Bell, Teal R ^a   Alvarado Ramy, Francisco ^a   Marano, Nina ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AIRCRAFT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEVADA; OHIO; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865032068     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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