Upper-room ultraviolet light and negative air ionization to prevent tuberculosis transmission.

Upper-room ultraviolet light and negative air ionization to prevent tuberculosis transmission.

Institutional tuberculosis (TB) transmission is an important public health problem highlighted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the emergence of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB. Effective TB infection control measures are urgently needed. We evaluated the efficacy of upper-room ultraviolet...

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Main Authors: A Roderick Escombe, David A J Moore, Robert H Gilman, Marcos Navincopa, Eduardo Ticona, Bailey Mitchell, Catherine Noakes, Carlos Martínez, Patricia Sheen, Rocio Ramirez, Willi Quino, Armando Gonzalez, Jon S Friedland, Carlton A Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2656548?pdf=render

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