Impact of a 14-year screening programme on tuberculosis transmission among the homeless in Paris

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 649-655

  Bernard, Christine ^a,b,c   Sougakoff, W ^a,b,c   Fournier, A ^d   Larnaudie, S ^d   Antoun, F ^d   Robert, J ^a,b,c   Brossier, F ^a,b,c   Truffot Pernot, C ^a,b,c   Jarlier, V ^a,b,c   Veziris, N ^a,b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c Ctr Natl de Reference des Mycobacteries et de la Resistance des Mycobacteries Aux Antituberculeux   (France)

^d Direction de l'Action Sociale de l'Enfance et de la Sante Cellule Cohorte   (France)

Author keywords

Active case finding programme; DNA fingerprinting; Homeless; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84859717356     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0241     Document Type: Article

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