Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in a country with low tuberculosis incidence: Role of immigration and HIV infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 388-395

  Fenner, Lukas ^a   Gagneux, Sebastien ^b,c   Helbling, Peter ^d   Battegay, Manuel ^e   Rieder, Hans L ^f,g   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^h   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a   Furrer, Hansjakob ⁱ   Siegrist, Hans H ^j   Fehr, Jan ^k   Dolina, Marisa ^l   Calmy, Alexandra ^m   Stucki, David ^b,c   Jaton, Katia ⁿ   Janssens, Jean Paul ^m   Stalder, Jesica Mazza ⁿ   Bodmer, Thomas ^a   Ninet, Beatrice ^m   Böttger, Erik C ^o   Eggera, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g The Union   (France)

^h Luzerner Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j ADMed Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l Cantonal Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^m GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

ⁿ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIRTHPLACE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84856135102     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05392-11     Document Type: Article

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