Public transportation and tuberculosis transmission in a high incidence setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Zamudio, Carlos ^a   Krapp, Fiorella ^a   Choi, Howard W ^b   Shah, Lena ^c   Ciampi, Antonio ^c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a,d   Heymann, Jody ^c,e   Seas, Carlos ^a,d   Brewer, Timothy F ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; TRANSPORTATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923802279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115230     Document Type: Article

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