Molecular epidemiologic investigation of tuberculosis in an area of increasing incidence in inner-city Dublin

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Fair, Elizabeth ^a   Hannan, Margaret ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33646180622     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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