Transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis during a long airplane flight.

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Published in N Engl J Med on April 11, 1996

Authors

T A Kenyon1, S E Valway, W W Ihle, I M Onorato, K G Castro

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology Program Office, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

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