Transmission dynamics of pulmonary tuberculosis between autochthonous and immigrant sub-populations

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Barniol, Judit ^a   Niemann, Stefan ^b   Louis, Valérie R ^a   Brodhun, Bonita ^c   Dreweck, Caroline ^d   Richter, Elvira ^b   Becher, Heiko ^a   Haas, Walter ^c   Junghanss, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d State Health Office LGA Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 73149102766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-197     Document Type: Article

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