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High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in peruvian migrants in florence, Italy

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dc.contributor.author Zammarchi, Lorenzo
dc.contributor.author Tortoli, Enrico
dc.contributor.author Borroni, Emanuele
dc.contributor.author Bartalesi, Filippo
dc.contributor.author Strohmeyer, Marianne
dc.contributor.author Baretti, Simonetta
dc.contributor.author Simonetti, Maria Tullia
dc.contributor.author Liendo, Carola
dc.contributor.author Santini, Maria Grazia
dc.contributor.author Rossolini, Gian Maria
dc.contributor.author Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo
dc.contributor.author Bartoloni, Alessandro
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-10T18:11:35Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-10T18:11:35Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8005
dc.description.abstract Tuberculosis is a leading cause of morbidity for Peruvian migrants in Florence, Italy, where they account for about 20% of yearly diagnosed cases. A retrospective study on cases notified in Peruvian residents in Florence in the period 2001-2010 was carried out and available Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were genotyped (MIRU-VNTR-24 and Spoligotyping). One hundred thirty eight cases were retrieved. Genotyping performed in 87 strains revealed that 39 (44.8%) belonged to 12 clusters. Assuming that in each cluster the transmission of tuberculosis from the index case took place in Florence, a large proportion of cases could be preventable by improving early diagnosis of contagious cases and contact tracing. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation.ispartofseries Infectious Disease Reports
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject cluster en_US
dc.subject epidemiology en_US
dc.subject immigrants en_US
dc.subject Italy en_US
dc.subject migrants en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject tuberculosis en_US
dc.title High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in peruvian migrants in florence, Italy en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5646
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.relation.issn 2036-7449


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