Patterns of Tuberculosis Transmission in a Health Area in Madrid, Spain;Patrones de Transmisión de la Tuberculosis en un Área Sanitaria de Madrid

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 541-551

  Iñigo Martínez, Jesús ^a   Arce Arnáez, Araceli ^a,c   Chaves Sánchez, Fernando ^b   Palenque Mataix, Elia ^b   Burgoa Arenales, Mar ^a  

^a Dirección General Investigación y Docencia   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Molecular epidemiology; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RISK; PRISON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 17644444715     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1135-57272003000500004     Document Type: Article

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