Environmental Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in the Hawaiian Islands.

• Main Authors: Jennifer R Honda (Author), Nabeeh A Hasan (Author), Rebecca M Davidson (Author), Myra D Williams (Author), L Elaine Epperson (Author), Paul R Reynolds (Author), Terry Smith (Author), Elena Iakhiaeva (Author), Matthew J Bankowski (Author), Richard J Wallace (Author), Edward D Chan (Author), Joseph O Falkinham (Author), Michael Strong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lung disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is an emerging infectious disease of global significance. Epidemiologic studies have shown the Hawaiian Islands have the highest prevalence of NTM lung infections in the United States. However, potential environmental reservoirs and species di...