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The Detection of Airborne Transmission of Tuberculosis from HIV-Infected Patients, Using an In Vivo Air Sampling Model

2007; Oxford University Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/515397

ISSN

1537-6591

Autores

A. Roderick Escombe, Clarissa Oeser, Robert H. Gilman, Marcos Ñavincopa, Eduardo Ticona, Carlos Martínez Gil, Luz Caviedes, Patricia Sheen, Armando E. González, Catherine J. Noakes, David Moore, Jon S. Friedland, Carlton A. Evans,

Tópico(s)

Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Resumo

Background.Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis remains an important public health problem. We created an in vivo air sampling model to study airborne transmission of tuberculosis from patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to evaluate environmental control measures.

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