Risk factors for recent transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 637-642

  Heldal, Einar ^a   Dahle, U R ^a   Sandven, P ^a   Caugant, D A ^a   Brattaas, N ^a   Waaler, H T ^b   Enarson, D A ^d   Tverdal, A ^a   Kongerud, J ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Norway; Restriction fragment lenght polymorphism; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOMALIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WESTERN EUROPE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0141893490     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00019103     Document Type: Article

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