Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Finland, 2008-2011.

In industrialized countries the majority of tuberculosis (TB) cases are linked to immigration. In Finland, most cases are still Finnish born but the number of foreign born cases is steadily increasing. In this 4-year population based study, the TB situation in Finland was characterized by a genotypi...

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Main Authors: Pieter Willem Smit, Marjo Haanperä, Pirre Rantala, David Couvin, Outi Lyytikäinen, Nalin Rastogi, Petri Ruutu, Hanna Soini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3873426?pdf=render