Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in British Columbia, Canada: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 849-856

  Guthrie, Jennifer L ^a   Kong, Clare ^b   Roth, David ^b   Jorgensen, Danielle ^b   Rodrigues, Mabel ^b   Hoang, Linda ^b,c   Tang, Patrick ^d   Cook, Victoria ^b,c   Johnston, James ^b,c   Gardy, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a Centre for Health Services and Policy Research   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

Author keywords

MIRU VNTR genotyping; molecular epidemiology; population structure; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADIAN; DRUG USE; EAST ASIAN; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIAL INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE UNIT VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043482677     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix906     Document Type: Article

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