Publications
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impact of immigration on tuberculosis in a low-incidence area of italy: a molecular epidemiological approach. | the effects that immigration might have on the epidemiology of tuberculosis (tb) in a low-incidence area of italy was investigated by determining, in autochthonous and immigrant tb patients, the molecular characteristics of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (mtbc) isolates, which may provide information on their phylogeographical origin. a total of 1080 mtbc strains, collected during a 4- year period in tuscany from 614 italian-born and 466 foreign-born patients, were genotyped by spoligoty ... | 2010 | 20041892 |