Tuberculosis transmission: sputum vs aerosols

Affiliations

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Pulmonary Clinical Medicine Section, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁴ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: edward.jones-lopez@bmc.org.

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Carlos Acuña-Villaorduña et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Jul.

. 2016 Jul;16(7):770-771.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30075-5.

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Pulmonary Clinical Medicine Section, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁴ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: edward.jones-lopez@bmc.org.

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The transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in high burden settings.
Yates TA, Khan PY, Knight GM, Taylor JG, McHugh TD, Lipman M, White RG, Cohen T, Cobelens FG, Wood R, Moore DA, Abubakar I. Yates TA, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Feb;16(2):227-38. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00499-5. Epub 2016 Jan 26. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 26867464 Review.