Decreased tuberculosis incidence and declining clustered case rates, Madrid

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1641-1643

  Iñigo, Jesús ^a   Arce, Araceli ^a   Palenque, Elia ^b   García De Viedma, Darío ^c,d   Chaves, Fernando ^b  

^a Consejería de Sanidad Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 54249087058     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.080233     Document Type: Article

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