Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis among immigrants in Hamburg, Germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2952-2960

  Diel, Roland ^a   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^b   Niemann, Stefan ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3142682292     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.2952-2960.2004     Document Type: Article

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