Implementation of a molecular typing system to support epidemiological investigations in the tuberculosis health care system in Vienna

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 791-797

  Stauffer, F ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Rumetshofer, R ^a   Barousch, W ^a   Hasenberger, P ^a   Wewalka, G ^a   Rotter, M ^a   Wolf, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health care system; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AUSTRIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONTACT TRACING; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034730427     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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