Using Routinely Reported Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Data to Predict Tuberculosis Outbreaks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Althomsons, Sandy P ^a   Kammerer, J Steven ^b   Shang, Nong ^a   Navin, Thomas R ^a  

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

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DECISION TREES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG USERS; FORECASTING; GENOTYPE; HOMELESS PERSONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868681893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048754     Document Type: Article

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