High Prevalence of Clustered Tuberculosis Cases in Peruvian Migrants in Florence, Italy

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 tuberculosi...

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Autores principales: Zammarchi, Lorenzo, Tortoli, Enrico, Borroni, Emanuele, Bartalesi, Filippo, Strohmeyer, Marianne, Baretti, Simonetta, Simonetti, Maria Tullia, Liendo, Carola, Santini, Maria Grazia, Rossolini, Gian Maria, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Bartoloni, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25568758
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5646
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Sumario: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.

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