Spatio-temporal analysis of tuberculous infection risk among clients of a homeless shelter during an outbreak

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1033-1038

  Crisan, A ^a   Wong, H Y ^b   Johnston, J C ^a   Tang, P ^c   Colijn, C ^d   Otterstatter, M ^a,b   Hiscoe, L ^e   Parker, R ^e   Pollock, S L ^e   Gardy, J L ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c British Columbia Centres for Disease Control Public Health   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exposure; Indoor air; Infectiousness; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MACHINE LEARNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SLEEP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ANALYSIS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84973437201     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0957     Document Type: Article

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