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Public transportation and pulmonary tuberculosis, Lima, Peru

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2007) 13(10) 1491-1493
DOI: 10.3201/eid1310.060793
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Abstract

The association between public transportation for commuting and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) was analyzed in workers in Lima, Peru. Traveling in minibuses was a risk factor for pulmonary TB. Preventive measures need to be taken by health services to prevent spread of this disease.

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Horna-Campos, O. J., Sánchez-Pérez, H. J., Sánchez, I., Bedoya, A., & Martín, M. (2007). Public transportation and pulmonary tuberculosis, Lima, Peru. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(10), 1491–1493. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1310.060793

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