Strain-specific differences in two large Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype clusters in isolates collected from homeless patients in New York City from 2001 to 2004

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2890-2896

  Macaraig, Michelle ^a   Agerton, Tracy ^a,b   Driver, Cynthia R ^a   Munsiff, Sonal S ^a,b   Abdelwahab, Jalaa ^b   Park, Julie ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry ^c   Driscoll, Jeffrey ^d   Zhao, Benyang ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33747169630     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00160-06     Document Type: Article

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