Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in London 1995-7 showing low rate of active transmission

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Maguire, H ^b   Dale, J W ^c   McHugh, T D ^a   Butcher, P D ^d   Gillespie, S H ^a   Costetsos, A ^d   Al Ghusein, H ^d   Holland, R ^d   Dickens, A ^a   Marston, L ^d   Wilson, P ^e   Pitman, R ^b   Strachan, D ^d   Drobniewski, F A ^f   Banerjee, D K ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344511754     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.56.2.121     Document Type: Article

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