Cough-Aerosol cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the prediction of outcomes after exposure. A household contact study in Brazil

Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures of cough-generated aerosols from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are a quantitative method to measure infectiousness and to predict secondary outcomes in exposed contacts. However, their reproducibility has not been established. Objective To e...

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Main Author: Acuña-Villaorduña, Carlos (author)
Other Authors: Schmidt-Castellani, Luiz Guilherme (author), Marques-Rodrigues, Patricia (author), White, Laura F. (author), Hadad, David Jamil (author), Gaeddert, Mary (author), Ellner, Jerrold J. (author), Fennelly, Kevin P. (author), Palaci, Moises (author), Dietze, Reynaldo (author), Jones-Lopez, Edward C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/116759
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/116759

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http://hdl.handle.net/10362/116759

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