Differential findings regarding molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis between two consecutive periods in the context of steady increase of immigration

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 292-297

  Inigo J ^a   Garcia de Viedma D ^b   Arce, A ^a   Palenque, E ^c   Herranz, M ^b   Rodriguez E ^a   Ruiz Serrano, M J ^b   Bouza, E ^b   Chaves, F ^c  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immigration; Molecular epidemiology; Recent transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84874295017     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03794.x     Document Type: Article

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