Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in New York City, 1992-1994: Implications for tuberculosis control

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 528-535

  Tornieporth, N G ^a   Ptachewich, Y ^a   Poltoratskaia, N ^a   Ravi, B S ^b   Katapadi, M ^b   Berger, J J ^c   Dahdouh, M ^c   Segal Maurer, S ^d   Glatt, A ^e   Adamis, R ^e   Lerner, C ^f   Armstrong, D ^g   Weiner, M ^b   D'Amato, R ^e   Kiehn, T ^g   Lavie, S ^d   Stoeckle, M Y ^a   Riley, L W ^a,h  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Catholic Medical Center   (United States)

^f NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Immigration; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031543702     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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