Transmissibility of tuberculosis among school contacts: An outbreak investigation in a boarding middle school, China

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-155

  Ma, Mai Juan ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Wang, Hai Bin ^c   Zhu, Yi Fan ^b   Fang, Li Qun ^a   An, Xiao Ping ^a   Wan, Kang Lin ^d   Whalen, Christopher C ^e   Yang, Xiao Xian ^a   Lauzardo, Michael ^f   Zhang, Zhi Yi ^a   Cao, Jin Feng ^c   Tong, Yi Gang ^a   Dai, Er Hei ^c   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c The Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain binomial transmission model; Genome sequencing; Outbreak; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BCG VACCINE; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925448275     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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