Tuberculosis cluster in an immigrant community: Case identification issues and a transcultural perspective

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 995-1002

  Tardin, A ^a   Dominice Dao M ^a   Ninet, B ^a   Janssens, J P ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Genotyping; Transcultural medicine; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MEDICINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORKER; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 69249199375     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02325.x     Document Type: Article

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