Variability of infectious aerosols produced during coughing by patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on July 12, 2012

Authors

Kevin P Fennelly1, Edward C Jones-López, Irene Ayakaka, Soyeon Kim, Harriet Menyha, Bruce Kirenga, Christopher Muchwa, Moses Joloba, Scott Dryden-Peterson, Nancy Reilly, Alphonse Okwera, Alison M Elliott, Peter G Smith, Roy D Mugerwa, Kathleen D Eisenach, Jerrold J Ellner

Author Affiliations

1: Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Room 257, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. kevin.fennelly@medicine.ufl.edu

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