Influence of sampling on clustering and associations with risk factors in the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-251

  Borgdorff, Martien W ^a,b   Van Den Hof, Susan ^a,c   Kalisvaart, Nico ^c   Kremer, Kristin ^d   Van Soolingen, Dick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; epidemiologic methods; molecular epidemiology; selection bias; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MODELING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING BIAS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SAMPLING ERROR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79960551846     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr061     Document Type: Article

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