Genotypic characterization of tuberculosis transmission within Toronto's under-housed population, 1997-2008

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1350-1353

  Adam, H J ^a   Guthrie, J L ^b   Bolotin, S ^b   Alexander, D C ^a,b   Stuart, R ^c   Pyskir, D ^b   Brown, E M ^b   Rea, E ^c   Chedore, P ^b   Jamieson, Frances B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Microbiology; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORONTO; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ONTARIO; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957077430     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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