Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Brussels, 2010-2013
peer reviewed ; 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 strains isolated from 945 patients were submitted to genotyping by standardized 24-locus-MIRU-VNTR typing and spoligotyping. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the LAM (16.7%) and Haarlem (15.7%) branches are the two most prevalent TB lineages circulating in Brussels. Analysis of the... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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Public Library of Science
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Schlagwörter: | Brussels Capital Region / China / Eastern Europe / Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex / Belgium / Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Tuberculosis / Multidrug-Resistant / Adolescent / Adult / Bacterial Typing Techniques / 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 / Phylogeny / Population Surveillance / Urban Health / Young Adult / Life sciences / Veterinary medicine & animal health / Sciences du vivant / Médecine vétérinaire & santé animale |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28940959 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/221179 |