Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in England, 1998

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-207

  Love, J ^a   Sonnenberg, P ^a,b   Glynn, J R ^c   Gibson, A ^a   Gopaul, K ^a   Fang, Z ^a   Le Brun, F ^a   Pitman, R ^a   Hayward, A C ^b   Innes, J ^d   Van Den Bosch, C ^e   Delpech, V ^a   Drobniewski, F ^a   Watson, Jason M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Surrey and Sussex Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Molecular; Transmission; Tuberculosis; Typing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59549104447     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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