Variability of Infectious Aerosols Produced during Coughing by Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Rationale: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is transmitted by infectious aerosols, but assessing infectiousness currently relies on sputum microscopy that does not accurately predict the variability in transmission. Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of collecting cough aerosols and the risk factors...

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Autores principales: Fennelly, Kevin P., Jones-López, Edward C., Ayakaka, Irene, Kim, Soyeon, Menyha, Harriet, Kirenga, Bruce, Muchwa, Christopher, Joloba, Moses, Dryden-Peterson, Scott, Reilly, Nancy, Okwera, Alphonse, Elliott, Alison M., Smith, Peter G., Mugerwa, Roy D., Eisenach, Kathleen D., Ellner, Jerrold J.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: American Thoracic Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443801/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22798319
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201203-0444OC
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