Recent transmission of tuberculosis in Madrid (Spain): usefulness of molecular techniques;Transmisión reciente de la tuberculosis en Madrid: Utilidad de las técnicas moleculares

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 241-245

  Íñigo Martínez, Jesús ^a   Sánchez, Fernando Chaves ^b   Arnáez, Araceli Arce ^a   Alonso Sanz, Mercedes ^b   Mataix, Elia Palenque ^b   Herreros, Felisa Jaén ^b   Martínez, María Teresa Martínez ^b   García, Manuel Gómez ^c   Noriega, Antonio Rodríguez ^b  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Molecular epidemiology; Transmission; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis Control Programs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034626014     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71522-3     Document Type: Article

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