Tuberculosis in Mexican-born persons in San Francisco: Reactivation, acquired infection and transmission

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 536-541

  Jasmer, R M ^a,b   De Leon, A Ponce ^c   Hopewell, P C ^a,b   Alarcon, R G ^d   Moss, A R ^e   Paz, E Antonio ^f   Schecter, G F ^f   Small, P M ^c  

^a S Francisco General Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprint; Immigration; M. tuberculosis; Molecular epidemiology; RFLP analysis; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031544473     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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