Spatial clusters of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in the United States

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 553-558

  Adjemian, Jennifer ^a   Olivier, Kenneth N ^a   Seitz, Amy E ^a   Falkinham III, Joseph O ^b   Holland, Steven M ^a   Prevots, D Rebecca ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Epidemiology; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Pulmonary; Spatial

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MANGANESE; SODIUM; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866393167     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201205-0913OC     Document Type: Article

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