Flight related tuberculosis contact investigations in the United States: Comparative risk and economic analysis of alternate protocols

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-62

  Marienau, Karen J ^a   Cramer, Elaine H ^b   Coleman, Margaret S ^a   Marano, Nina ^a   Cetron, Martin S ^a  

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

^b SRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

Air travel; Contact investigation; Cost benefit analysis; TB; Transmission risk; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FLIGHT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INVESTMENT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR TRAVEL; CONTACT INVESTIGATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TB; TRANSMISSION RISK; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIR TRAVEL; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONTACT TRACING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893770577     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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