Institutional tuberculosis transmission: Controlled trial of upper room ultraviolet air disinfection: A basis for new dosing guidelines

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 477-484

  Mphaphlele, Matsie ^a   Dharmadhikari, Ashwin S ^b   Jensen, Paul A ^c   Rudnick, Stephen N ^d   Van Reenen, Tobias H ^e   Pagano, Marcello A ^d   Leuschner, Wilhelm ^f   Sears, Tim A ^g   Milonova, Sonya P ^d   Van Der Walt, Martie ^h   Stoltz, Anton C ^f   Weyer, Karin ⁱ   Nardell, Edward A ^b  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g Acuity Brands Lighting   (United States)

^h SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air disinfection; Infection control; Tuberculosis prevention; Tuberculosis transmission; Ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GUINEA PIG; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; DISINFECTION; GUINEA PIGS; INFECTION CONTROL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84942543733     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201501-0060OC     Document Type: Article

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