High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in Peruvian migrants in Florence, Italy

• Main Authors: Lorenzo Zammarchi (Author), Enrico Tortoli (Author), Emanuele Borroni (Author), Filippo Bartalesi (Author), Marianne Strohmeyer (Author), Simonetta Baretti (Author), Maria Tullia Simonetti (Author), Carola Liendo (Author), Maria Grazia Santini (Author), Gian Maria Rossolini (Author), Eduardo Gotuzzo (Author), Alessandro Bartoloni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 <em>Mycobacterium t...