TY - JOUR
T1 - High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in Peruvian migrants in Florence, Italy
AU - COHEMI project study group
AU - Zammarchi, Lorenzo
AU - Tortoli, Enrico
AU - Borroni, Emanuele
AU - Bartalesi, Filippo
AU - Strohmeyer, Marianne
AU - Baretti, Simonetta
AU - Simonetti, Maria Tullia
AU - Liendo, Carola
AU - Santini, Maria Grazia
AU - Rossolini, Gian Maria
AU - Gotuzzo, Eduardo
AU - Bartoloni, Alessandro
AU - Bonati, Maurizio
AU - Pandolfini, Chiara
AU - Severino, Francesca
AU - Confalonieri, Valeria
AU - Tognoni, Gianni
AU - Bisoffi, Zeno
AU - Buonfrate, Dora
AU - Angheben, Andrea
AU - Albonico, Marco
AU - Muñoz, Jose
AU - Requena-Mendez, Ana
AU - Roura, Maria
AU - Ventura, Laia
AU - Pool, Robert
AU - Pell, Christopher
AU - Hardon, Anita
AU - Chiodini, Peter
AU - Moreira, Juan
AU - Anselmi, Mariella
AU - Sempértegui, Roberto
AU - Mena, Maria Alejandra
AU - Garcia, Héctor H.
AU - Bustos, Javier
AU - Santivañez, Saul
AU - Torrico, Faustino
AU - Lozano, Daniel
AU - Cabrera, Teresa Hinojosa
AU - Morón, Javier Ochoa
AU - Cuellar, Ignacio Abapori
AU - Suarez, Jaime Amorós
AU - Rojas, Guido Chumiray
AU - Nicoletti, Alessandra
AU - Bruno, Elisa
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cluster
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Immigrants
KW - Italy
KW - Migrants
KW - Peru
KW - Tuberculosis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84983435051
U2 - 10.4081/idr.2014.5646
DO - 10.4081/idr.2014.5646
M3 - Original Article
AN - SCOPUS:84983435051
SN - 2036-7430
VL - 6
SP - 45
EP - 47
JO - Infectious Disease Reports
JF - Infectious Disease Reports
IS - 4
ER -