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19416291

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
In recent years, the number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) among immigrants in Spain has increased markedly, and led to this analysis of the recent transmission patterns of TB in the immigrant population in Madrid. The countries from which the highest number of immigrant cases have been reported were Ecuador (21%), Romania (16%), Morocco (12%), Peru (11%) and Bolivia (9%). Fifty-one per cent of the cases were from South America. In a multicentre study (2004-2006), IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism and spoligotyping were used to genotype the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from 632 immigrant cases from 47 countries. A total of 183 cases (29%) were grouped into 59 clusters, which are markers of potential transmission events. Most of the clusters (81%) included patients living in different healthcare districts, and 54% of the clusters were multinational. When a sample of 478 autochthonous cases was included, 53% of the clusters involving immigrants also included autochthonous cases. This study revealed marked transmission permeability among nationalities and between the immigrant and the autochthonous populations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1469-0691
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
435-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Transmission permeability of tuberculosis involving immigrants, revealed by a multicentre analysis of clusters.
pubmed:affiliation
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study