Possible airborne person-to-person transmission of mycobacterium bovis — Nebraska 2014–2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 197-201

  Buss, Bryan F ^a,b   Keyser Metobo, Alison ^b   Rother, Julie ^c   Holtz, Laura ^d   Gall, Kristin ^b   Jereb, John ^e   Murphy, Caitlin N ^f   Iwen, Peter C ^f,g   Robbe Austerman, Suelee ^h   Holcomb, Melissa A ^b   Infield, Pat ^b  

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

^b Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department   (United States)

^d Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department   (United States)

^e Field Services and Evaluation Branch   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Nebraska Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^h U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEBRASKA; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CONTACT TRACING; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEBRASKA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84960124748     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6508a1     Document Type: Article

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