Genotyping analyses of tuberculosis transmission among immigrant residents in Italy

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1149-1154

  Franzetti, F ^a   Codecasa, L ^b   Matteelli, A ^c   Degli Esposti, A ^a   Bandera, A ^a   Lacchini, C ^b   Lombardi, A ^a   Pinsi, G ^c   Zanini, F ^a   El Hamad, I ^c   Gori, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b 'Villa Marelli' Institute   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immigration; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA INTEGRATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955167303     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03080.x     Document Type: Article

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