Tuberculosis in the Inuit Community of Quebec, Canada

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1353-1357

  Nguyen, Dao ^b   Proulx, Jean François ^b   Westley, Jennifer ^b   Thibert, Louise ^b   Dery, Serge ^b   Behr, Marcel A ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Epidemiology; IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism; Molecular epidemiology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0345256312     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200307-910OC     Document Type: Article

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