Molecular epidemiology and mapping of tuberculosis in Israel: Do migrants transmit the disease to locals?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1085-1091

  Goldblatt, D ^a   Rorman, E ^a   Chemtob, D ^a   Freidlin, Paul J ^a   Cedar, N ^a   Kaidar Shwartz, H ^a   Dveyrin, Z ^a   Mor, Z ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Israel; Migrants; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL ASIAN; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN; TANDEM REPEAT; TUBERCULOSIS; USSR; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84906705258     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0186     Document Type: Article

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