Progress towards tuberculosis elimination: Secular trend, immigration and transmission

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-347

  Borgdorff, M W ^a   Van Den Hof, S ^a,b   Kremer, K ^c   Verhagen, L ^c   Kalisvaart, N ^b   Erkens, C ^b   Van Soolingen, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Infectious diseases epidemiology; Molecular epidemiology; Prevention and control; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77955639664     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00155409     Document Type: Article

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