Factors associated with the high tuberculosis case rate in an urban area

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 859-865

  De Vries, Gerald ^a,b,e   Van Hest, N A H ^a   Baars, H W M ^a   Sebek M M G G ^c,d   Richardus, J 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)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e Division of Infectious Disease Control Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Molecular epidemiology; Tuberculosis; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953629013     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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