Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Foreign-Born Persons Living in San Francisco

In San Francisco, 70% of the tuberculosis cases occur among foreign-born persons, mainly from China, the Philippines, and Mexico. We postulate that there are differences in the characteristics and risk factors for tuberculosis among these populations. To determine the clinical, epidemiological and m...

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Published in:	American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 187; no. 9; pp. 998 - 1006
Main Authors:	Suwanpimolkul, Gompol, Jarlsberg, Leah G., Grinsdale, Jennifer A., Osmond, Dennis, Kawamura, L. Masae, Hopewell, Philip C., Kato-Maeda, Midori
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY American Thoracic Society 01.05.2013
Subjects:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences China - ethnology Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data Epidemiology Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infections Infectious diseases Intensive care medicine Male Medical sciences Mexico - ethnology Molecular Epidemiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics Mycobacterium tuberculosis - pathogenicity Patients Philippines - ethnology Phylogeography Pneumology Population Prospective Studies Risk Factors San Francisco - epidemiology Sympatry Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - ethnology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tuberculosis - transmission Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections United States North America America San Francisco Mexico China Philippines San Francisco California United States > US Intensive care Immigrant Respiratory disease Mycobacterial infection Infection epidemiology foreign-born populations Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacteriales Bacteriosis Mycobacteriaceae Molecular epidemiology Bacteria Actinomycetes Resuscitation Public health
ISSN:	1073-449X, 1535-4970, 1535-4970
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