Tuberculosis transmission patterns among Spanish-born and foreign-born populations in the city of Barcelona

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-574

  Borrell, S ^a   Espanol M ^b   Orcau, À ^c   Tudo G ^a   March, F ^b   Cayla J A ^c   Jansa J M ^c   Alcaide, F ^a   Martin Casabona N ^d   Salvado M ^e   Martinez, J A ^f   Vidal, R ^d   Sanchez, F ^g   Altet, N ^h   Rey, E ^a   Coll, P ^b,i   Gonzalez Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Laboratori de Referència de Catalunya   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e Laboratori de Referencia de Catalunya   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h CAP Drassanes   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immigration; Molecular epidemiology; Native born; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953947357     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02886.x     Document Type: Article

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