Standard genotyping overestimates transmission of mycobacterium tuberculosis among immigrants in a low-incidence country

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1862-1870

  Stucki, David ^a,b,c   Ballif, Marie ^a,b,c   Egger, Matthias ^c   Furrer, Hansjakob ^d   Altpeter, Ekkehardt ^e   Battegay, Manuel ^f   Droz, Sara ^c   Bruderer, Thomas ^g   Coscolla, Mireia ^a,b   Borrell, Sonia ^a,b   Zürcher, Kathrin ^c   Janssens, Jean Paul ^h   Calmy, Alexandra ^h   Stalder, Jesica Mazza ⁱ   Jaton, Katia ⁱ   Rieder, Hans L ^j   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^k   Siegrist, Hans H ^l   Hoffmann, Matthias ^m   Fehr, Jan ⁿ   Dolina, Marisa ^o   Frei, Reno ^f   Schrenzel, Jacques ^h   Böttger, Erik C ^j   Gagneux, Sebastien ^a,b   Fenner, Lukas ^a,b,c   more..

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g Center for Laboratory Medicine   (Switzerland)

^h GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^l ADMed Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^m CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^o Servizio di Microbiologia EOLAB   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARDIZATION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIGRANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84976435937     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00126-16     Document Type: Article

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