Clustered tuberculosis in a low-burden country: Nationwide genotyping through 15 years

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2660-2667

  Kamper Jørgensen, Zaza ^a   Andersen, A B ^b   Kok Jensen, A ^a   Bygbjerg, I C ^c   Andersen, P H ^a   Thomsen, V O ^a   Kamper Jorgensen M ^c   Lillebaek, T ^a,d  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DENMARK; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84864406338     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06358-11     Document Type: Article

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