Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Czech Republic, 2004: Analysis of M. tuberculosis complex isolates originating from the City of Prague, South Moravia and the Moravian-Silesian region

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 168-174

  Prodinger, Wolfgang M ^a   Polanecký, Vladimir ^b   Kozáková, Bohumila ^c   Müllerová, Maria ^d   Mezenský, Lev ^e   Kaustová, Jarmila ^e   Lechleftner, Carotin ^a   Kubin, Milan ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Inst of Hygiene Capital City Prague   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d Klin Med sro   (Czech Republic)

^e Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beijing genotype; Epidemiology; Fingerprinting; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33845916307     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3389     Document Type: Article

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