Immigrants do not transmit tuberculosis more than indigenous patients in Catalonia (Spain)

Tuberculosis

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 456-460

  Godoy, Pere ^a,b,c   Caylà, Joan A ^c,d   Carmona, Gloria ^a   Camps, Neus ^a   Álvarez, Josep ^a   Rodés, Anna ^a   Altet, Neus ^a   Pina, Jose Maria ^a   Barrabeig, Irene ^a   Orcau, Àngels ^d   Parron, Ignasi ^a   Alsedà, Miquel ^a,b   March, Jaume ^a,b   Follia, Núria ^a   Minguell, Sofia ^a   Domínguez, Àngela ^c,e  

^a Generalitat of Catalonia ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contact tracing Epidemiology Immigration Latent tuberculosis infection Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RISK; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84878954169     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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