Migration and tuberculosis transmission in a middle-income country: a cross-sectional study in a central area of São Paulo, Brazil

Migration and tuberculosis transmission in a middle-income country: a cross-sectional study in a central area of São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract Background Little is known about the impact of growing migration on the pattern of tuberculosis (TB) transmission in middle-income countries. We estimated TB recent transmission and its associated factors and investigated the presence of cross-transmission between South American migrants an...

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Main Authors: Julia Moreira Pescarini, Vera Simonsen, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, Laura C. Rodrigues, Rosangela S. Oliveira, Eliseu Alves Waldman, Rein Houben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Molecular epidemiology
Transmission
Migration
Middle-income; disease control
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1055-1

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