Article
Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Brussels, 2010-2013.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Vluggen Christelle, Soetaert Karine, Groenen Guido, Wanlin Maryse, Spitaels Martine, Arrazola de Oñate Wouter, Fauville-Dufaux Maryse, Saegerman Claude, Mathys Vanessa
Abstract excerpt
The tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate in Brussels-Capital Region is 3-fold higher than in Belgium as a whole. Eight years after the realization of initial prospective population-based molecular epidemiology investigations in this Region, a similar study over the period 2010-2013 was conducted. TB...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Belgium
- Child
- Cluster Analysis
- Contact Tracing
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Emigrants and Immigrants
- Family Health
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hospitals, Urban
- Humans
- Incidence
- Male
- Middle Aged