Analysis of changes in recent tuberculosis transmission patterns after a sharp increase in immigration

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Iñigo, Jesús ^a   García De Viedma, Darío ^b   Arce, Araceli ^a   Palenque, Elia ^c   Alonso Rodríguez, Noelia ^b   Rodríguez, Elena ^a   Ruiz Serrano, María Jesús ^b   Andrés, Sandra ^b   Bouza, Emilio ^b   Chaves, Fernando ^c  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33846230936     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01644-06     Document Type: Article

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