Factors associated with differences between conventional contact tracing and molecular epidemiology in study of tuberculosis transmission and analysis in the city of barcelona, spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-204

  Borrell, Sònia ^a   Español, Montserrat ^b   Orcau, Àngels ^b   Tudó, Griselda ^a   March, Francesca ^b   Caylà, Joan A ^b   Jansà, Josep Maria ^b   Alcaide, Fernando ^c   Martín Casabona, Núria ^d   Salvadó, Margarita ^e   Martínez, José Antonio ^b   Vidal, Rafael ^d   Sánchez, Francesca ^f   Altet, Neus ^g   Coll, Pere ^h   González Martín, Juliàn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e Laboratori de Referencia de Catalunya   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g CAP Drassanes   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 58849149993     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00507-08     Document Type: Article

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