TY - JOUR AU - Iñigo, Jesús AU - Arce, Araceli AU - Palenque, Elia AU - García de Viedma, Darío AU - Chaves, Fernando T1 - Decreased Tuberculosis Incidence and Declining Clustered Case Rates, Madrid T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 10 SP - 1641 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine effect of recent tuberculosis transmission rates on incidence rates, we conducted 2 prospective population-based molecular epidemiologic studies in Madrid during 1997–1999 (4% immigrants) and 2002–2004 (14.9% immigrants). Case rates decreased in association with declining clustered case rates among Spanish-born persons. New strains were introduced through immigration. KW - Tuberculosis transmission KW - molecular epidemiology KW - tuberculosis prevention and control KW - dispatch KW - Spain DO - 10.3201/eid1410.080233 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/10/08-0233_article ER - End of Reference