Transmission of Multidrug-ResistantMycobacterium tuberculosisduring a Long Airplane Flight
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- 11 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (15) , 933-938
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199604113341501
Abstract
In April 1994, a passenger with infectious multidrug-resistant tuberculosis traveled on commercial-airline flights from Honolulu to Chicago and from Chicago to Baltimore and returned one month later. We sought to determine whether she had infected any of her contacts on this extensive trip.Keywords
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