Transmission of tuberculosis in the metropolitan area of Zurich: A 3 year survey based on DNA fingerprinting

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 804-808

  Pfyffer, G E ^a   Strassle A ^a   Rose, N ^b   Wirth, R ^a   Brandli O ^b   Shang, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Zürcher Höhenklinik Wald ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleic acid finger printing; Insertion sequence; Molecular epidemiology; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031800582     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11040804     Document Type: Article

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