Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in a low-incidence country due to immigration from high-incidence areas

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 855-861

  Lillebaek, T ^a   Andersen, A B ^a   Bauer, J ^a   Dirksen, A ^a   Glismann, S ^a   De Haas, P ^a   Kok Jensen, A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DNA, INTERGENIC; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOMALIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035090289     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.855-861.2001     Document Type: Article

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