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Tuberculosis Infectiousness and Host Susceptibility

The transmission of tuberculosis is complex. Necessary factors include a source case with respiratory disease that has developed sufficiently for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to be present in the airways. Viable bacilli must then be released as an aerosol via the respiratory tract of the source case....

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Autores principales: Turner, Richard D, Chiu, Christopher, Churchyard, Gavin J, Esmail, Hanif, Lewinsohn, David M, Gandhi, Neel R, Fennelly, Kevin P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29112746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix361