Modeling the role of public transportation in sustaining tuberculosis transmission in South Africa

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 556-561

  Andrews, Jason R ^a   Morrow, Carl ^b   Wood, Robin ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; indoor air quality; mathematical model; transmission; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VENTILATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSPORTATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84874911869     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws331     Document Type: Article

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