Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a Country with Low Tuberculosis Incidence: Role of Immigration and HIV Infection

Immigrants from high-burden countries and HIV-coinfected individuals are risk groups for tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low TB incidence. Therefore, we studied their role in transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Switzerland. We included all TB patients from the Swiss HIV Cohort and a sa...

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Main Authors: Fenner, Lukas, Gagneux, Sebastien, Helbling, Peter, Battegay, Manuel, Rieder, Hans L., Pfyffer, Gaby E., Zwahlen, Marcel, Furrer, Hansjakob, Siegrist, Hans H., Fehr, Jan, Dolina, Marisa, Calmy, Alexandra, Stucki, David, Jaton, Katia, Janssens, Jean-Paul, Stalder, Jesica Mazza, Bodmer, Thomas, Ninet, Beatrice, Böttger, Erik C., Egger, Matthias, Barth, J., Battegay, M., Bernasconi, E., Böni, J., Bucher, H. C., Burton-Jeangros, A. Calmy, Cavassini, M., Cellerai, C., Egger, M., Elzi, L., Fehr, J., Fellay, J., Flepp, M., Francioli, P., Furrer, H., Fux, C. A., Gorgievski, M., Günthard, H., Haerry, D., Hasse, B., Hirschel, B., Hirsch, H. H., Hoffmann, M., Hösli, I., Kahlert, C., Kaiser, L., Kaiser, O., Kind, C., Klimkait, T., Kovari, H., Ledergerber, B., Lugano, A. P., Martinetti, G., Martinez de Tejada, B., Metzner, K., Müller, N., Nadal, D., Pantaleo, G., Rauch, A., Regenass, S., Rickenbach, M., Rudin, C., Schmid, P., Schultze, D., Schöni-Affolter, F., Schüpbach, J., Speck, R., Taffé, P., Tarr, P., Telenti, A., Trkola, A., Vernazza, P., Weber, R., Yerly, S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
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Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264153/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22116153
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.05392-11
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