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Differential findings regarding molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis between two consecutive periods in the context of steady increase of immigration.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2013
Iñigo J, García de Viedma D, Arce A, Palenque E, Herranz M, Rodríguez E, Ruiz-Serrano M J, Bouza E, Chaves F
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The demographic characteristics of the population of Madrid, with a steady increase in immigrants, from 4.7% in 1998 to 17.4% in 2007, provide an opportunity to study in depth the transmission of TB. Our aim was to compare two 3-year longitudinal molecular studies of TB to define transmission patterns and predictors of clustering. Two prospective population-based molecular and epidemiological studies (2002-2004...
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