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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Oeltmann, John E. ; Oren, Eyal ; Haddad, Maryam B. ; Lake, Linda K. ; Harrington, Theresa A. ; ... More +
Oeltmann, John E. ; Oren, Eyal ; Haddad, Maryam B. ; Lake, Linda K. ; Harrington, Theresa A. ; Ijaz, Kashef ; Narita, Masahiro ; Less -
Description:
Matching Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were noted among 11 young tuberculosis patients socially linked through illicit drug-related activities. A large proportion of their friends, 14 (64%) of 22, had positive tuberculin skin-test results. The behavior of "hotboxing" (smoking marijuana inside a closed car with friends to repeatedly inhale exhaled smoke) fueled transmission.
Subject:
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Adult
Cannabis
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Female
Humans
Male
Marijuana Smoking
Risk Factors
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(7):1156-1159. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Place as Subject:
Washington ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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