Cough and the transmission of tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1367-1372

  Turner, Richard D ^a   Bothamley, Graham H ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne transmission; Cough; Infectiousness; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHRONIC COUGH; COUGHING; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MUCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REVIEW; THORAX PRESSURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; COUGH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MASK; PATHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COUGH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MASKS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84928923249     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu625     Document Type: Review

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