Ten-year population-based molecular epidemiological study of tuberculosis transmission in the metropolitan area of Madrid, Spain

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1236-1241

  Cacho Calvo, Juana ^a   Astray Mochales, J ^d   Perez Meixeira A ^b   Ramos Martos, A ^a   Hernando Garcia M ^b   Sanchez Concheiro M ^a   Dominguez Perez J R ^a   Gomez A B ^c   Samper, S ^c   Martin C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b Grupo de Intervencion en Drogas de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Familiar Y Comunitaria   (Spain)

^c Saragossa University   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; RFLP; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28444486985     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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