Impact of immigration on tuberculosis in a low-incidence area of Italy: A molecular epidemiological approach

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1691-1697

  Garzelli, C ^a   Lari, N ^a   Cuccu, B ^a   Tortoli, E ^b   Rindi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular typing; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 77958573376     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03149.x     Document Type: Article

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