Effectiveness of contact investigations for tuberculosis control in Arkansas

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 380, Issue , 2015, Pages 238-246

  Guzzetta, Giorgio ^a,b   Ajelli, Marco ^a   Yang, Zhenhua ^c   Mukasa, Leonard N ^d,e   Patil, Naveen ^d,e   Bates, Joseph H ^d,e   Kirschner, Denise E ^f   Merler, Stefano ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b Trento Rise   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Mathematical model; Process assessment (Health Care)

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CALIBRATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARKANSAS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES;

ARKANSAS; CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84936818167     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.05.031     Document Type: Article

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