Doubling of the tuberculosis incidence in Greenland over an 8-year period (1990–1997)

Authors: Søborg C.¹; Søborg B.²; Pouelsen S.²; Pallisgaard G.³; Thybo S.¹; Bauer J.⁴

Source: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 5, Number 3, March 2001 , pp. 257-265(9)

Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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Abstract:

CONCLUSION: There was a dramatic increase in TB cases in Greenland from 1990 to 1997. The increase is due to micro-epidemics in small isolated settlements, and affects primarily young adults and children. RFLP analysis confirms this observation and indicates confined, local transmission. In this context RFLP is not useful as the only parameter for monitoring recent transmission.

Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; RFLP; DNA probe; molecular epidemiology; Greenland

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2: Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark 3: Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland 4: Department of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Publication date: 2001-03-01

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