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Epidemiology of tuberculosis in a low-incidence Italian region with high immigration rates: differences between not Italy-born and Italy-born TB cases

BACKGROUND: Emilia Romagna, a northern Italian region, has a population of 4.27 million, of which 9.7% are immigrants. The objective of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) during the period 1996-2006 in not Italy-born compared to Italy-born cases. METHODS: Data was ob...

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Autores principales: Odone, Anna, Riccò, Matteo, Morandi, Matteo, Borrini, Bianca M, Pasquarella, Cesira, Signorelli, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21605460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-376