Article
Use of genotyping based clustering to quantify recent tuberculosis transmission in Guadeloupe during a seven years period: analysis of risk factors and access to health care.
BMC infectious diseases - 2 Aug 2013
Ferdinand Séverine, Millet Julie, Accipe Annick, Cassadou Sylvie, Chaud Pascal, Levy Maryse, Théodore Max, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to characterize Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and to identify transmission chains and risk factors by prospective molecular typing in conjunction with conventional epidemiological investigations in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. METHODS: The study included all the culture-positive TB cases (1 clinical isolate per patient; n = 129) diagnosed...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cluster Analysis
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Female
- Genotype
- Guadeloupe
- Health Services Accessibility