Clustering of tuberculosis among Senegalese immigrants in Italy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 967-972

  Matteelli, Alberto ^a,d   Gori, A ^b   Pinsi, G ^c   El Hamad, I ^a   Bombana, E ^a   Mastaglia, F ^a   Degli Esposti, A ^b   Bandera, A ^b   Tedoldi, S ^a   Casalini, C ^a   Scolari, C ^a   Carvalho, A C C ^a   Carosi, G ^a  

^a Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases   (Italy)

^b Institut of Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

^c Department of Microbiology   (Italy)

^d Clin of Infect and Trop Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immigrants; RFLP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 10744219803     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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