Tuberculosis: 13. Control of the disease among aboriginal people in Canada

JM FitzGerald, L Wang, RK Elwood - Cmaj, 2000 - Can Med Assoc
Case 1: A 36-year-old aboriginal woman has a 12-mm-diameter reaction to a tuberculosis
(TB) skin test, done as part of a community survey. She was vaccinated with BCG (bacille …

[HTML][HTML] Added value of molecular assay Xpert MTB/RIF compared to sputum smear microscopy to assess the risk of tuberculosis transmission in a low-prevalence …

O Opota, L Senn, G Prod'hom, J Mazza-Stalder… - Clinical microbiology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Airborne precautions are required at hospital admission for patients with suspected
pulmonary tuberculosis. The isolation is maintained until 3 serially collected sputum smears …

[PDF][PDF] Amplification dynamics: predicting the effect of HIV on tuberculosis outbreaks

TC Porco, PM Small, SM Blower - JAIDS-HAGERSTOWN MD …, 2001 - pdodds.w3.uvm.edu
HIV affects the pathogenesis and the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We used
a discrete event simulation model to predict the potential impact of HIV on increasing the …

Clinical outcomes of pyrazinamide-monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Quebec

DP Yee, D Menzies, P Brassard - The International journal of …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: In Quebec, 6.2% of all tuberculosis (TB) isolates from Canadian-born
patients are resistant to pyrazinamide (PZA) alone. The clinical significance of PZA …

Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Montreal

S Kulaga, M Behr, K Musana, J Brinkman, D Menzies… - Cmaj, 2002 - Can Med Assoc
We obtained RFLP results for 288 of the culturepositive cases. We found that 243 isolates
had at least 5 bands: 183 unique isolates, 43 near-identical isolates and 17 identical …

The transmission of tuberculosis in the light of new molecular biological approaches

A Seidler, A Nienhaus, R Diel - Occupational and environmental …, 2004 - oem.bmj.com
This review briefly summarises the recent achievements in tuberculosis epidemiology
associated with the introduction of molecular methods, and considers the implications of …

Genetics 101: detecting mutations in human genes

A Sinclair - Cmaj, 2002 - Can Med Assoc
Fig. 1: Steps in the transmission of genetic information. Any of these steps may be affected
by mutation.(A) Information is encoded in the DNA double helix.(B) An RNA transcript is …

Use of cluster-graphs from spoligotyping data to study genotype similarities and a comparison of three indices to quantify recent tuberculosis transmission among …

V Guernier, C Sola, K Brudey, JF Guégan… - BMC infectious …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background French Guiana has the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden among all
French departments, with a strong increase in the TB incidence over the last few years. It is …

Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in an Immigrant Population: Evidence against a Founder Effect

S Kulaga, M Behr, D Nguyen, J Brinkman… - American journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Population-based studies have used DNA typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis organisms
to estimate the extent of ongoing tuberculosis transmission in various communities and to …

Genotyping and identification of mycobacteria by fingerprinting techniques

AD Khosravi, AS SEGHAT - 2009 - sid.ir
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a worldwide healthcare concern and has been characterized as
an epidemic by World Health Organization (WHO). In the last few decades, DNA fingerprint …