Open AccessHigh Tuberculosis Strain Diversity Among New York City Public Housing Residents
Author(s) -
Patrick Dawson,
Bianca R. Perri,
Shama D. Ahuja
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302910
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , residence , demography , population , public health , transmission (telecommunications) , diversity (politics) , gerontology , environmental health , pathology , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , anthropology , optics , engineering
We sought to better understand tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology among New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents, after a recent TB investigation identified patients who had the same TB strain.