Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in an Immigrant Population: Evidence against a Founder Effect

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 507-513

  Kulaga, Sophie ^a   Behr, Marcel ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Dao ^a,b,c   Brinkman, Jacquelyn ^c   Westley, Jennifer ^c   Menzies, Dick ^a,b,c   Brassard, Paul ^a,b,c,d   Tannenbaum, Terry ^a,d   Thibert, Louise ^e   Boivin, Jean François ^a,b   Joseph, Lawrence ^a,b,c   Schwartzman, Kevin ^a,b,c,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; DNA fingerprinting; Emigration and immigration; Tuberculosis; Variation (genetics)

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAITI; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUEBEC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 10744226367     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh065     Document Type: Article

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