Transmission characteristics of tuberculosis in the foreign-born and the Canadian-born populations of Alberta, Canada

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1213-1220

  Kunimoto, Dennis ^a,d   Sutherland, K ^a   Wooldrage, K ^b   Fanning, A ^a   Chui, L ^c   Manfreda, J ^b   Long, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Foreign born; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX RATIO; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 5644295624     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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