Advanced survey of tuberculosis transmission in a complex socioepidemiologic scenario with a high proportion of cases in immigrants

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-14

  Martínez Lirola, Miguel ^c   Alonso Rodriguez, Noelia ^a,b   Sánchez, M Luisa ^f   Herranz, Marta ^a,b   Andrés, Sandra ^a,b   Peñafiel, Teresa ^f   Rogado, M Cruz ^d   Cabezas, Teresa ^d   Martínez, Juan ^h   Lucerna, M Ángeles ^d   Rodríguez, Manuel ^g   Bonillo, Magdalena Del Carmen ^e   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b   De Viedma, Darío García ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE PONIENTE   (Spain)

^e Seccion de Epidemiologia del Distrito Sanitario de Atencion Primaria Levante Alto Almanzora   (Spain)

^f Unidad de Tuberculosis de Poniente   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL LA INMACULADA   (Spain)

^h Centro Penitenciario El Acebuche   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 46249092205     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588785     Document Type: Article

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