Population-based contact investigation of a cluster of tuberculosis cases in a small village

A cluster of five cases of tuberculosis (TB) in persons aged 19–23 years who were not close contacts was detected in a small village in Spain in 2006. All culture isolates had the same chromosomal-DNA restriction pattern. Contact investigations of family members, friends, workmates and schoolmates w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 2009-10, Vol.137 (10), p.1426-1435
Hauptverfasser:	CASTILLA, J., PALMERA, R., NAVASCUÉS, A., ABETI, M., GUILLERMO, A., IRISARRI, F., JIMÉNEZ, M. S., GARCÍA CENOZ, M., BARRICARTE, A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Bacterial Typing Techniques - methods Biological and medical sciences Cluster Analysis Contact investigation Contact Tracing converters Disease transmission DNA Fingerprinting - methods DNA, Bacterial - genetics Epidemiology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Infections Male Microbiology Mycobacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - classification Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification outbreak Outbreaks and Control of Infection Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Pulmonary tuberculosis Rural Population Skin tests Spain - epidemiology Tuberculin tuberculin skin test Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tuberculosis - transmission Tuberculosis vaccine Vaccination Young Adult
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