Use of geographic and genotyping tools to characterise tuberculosis transmission in Montreal

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 632-638

  Haase, I ^a   Olson, S ^a   Behr, M A ^a,b   Wanyeki, I ^a   Thibert, L ^c   Scott, A ^a   Zwerling, A ^a   Ross, N ^a   Brassard, P ^a,b   Menzies, D ^a   Schwartzman, Kevin ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Molecular epidemiology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34249867380     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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