A Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster demonstrating the use of genotyping in urban tuberculosis control

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 151-

  de Vries, Gerard ^a,b   van Hest, Rob A H ^a,b   Burdo, Conny C A ^a   van Soolingen, Dick ^c   Richardus, Jan H ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REINFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449365729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-151     Document Type: Article

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