Integrating social contact and environmental data in evaluating tuberculosis transmission in a South African township

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 597-603

  Andrews, Jason R ^a   Morrow, Carl ^b   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a   Wood, Robin ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environment; Epidemiology; Mathematical models; Social contacts; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC TRANSIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL CONTACTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900541924     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu138     Document Type: Article

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