A community outbreak of tuberculosis in Southern Austria: Lessons learned for a targeted use of molecular epidemiological methods and tuberculin skin testing

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-327

  Schmid, D ^a   Indra, A ^a   Hoger G ^a   Hasenberger, P ^a   Robl, B ^a   Schoffmann M ^b   Maieron, B ^b   Olexsinski, G ^b   Stonitsch, B ^b   Prodinger, W M ^c   Allerberger, Franz ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b Public Health Office   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33244494863     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005078     Document Type: Article

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