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

by
Lorenzo Zammarchi
1,
Enrico Tortoli
2,
Emanuele Borroni
2,
Filippo Bartalesi
3,
Marianne Strohmeyer
1,
Simonetta Baretti
4,
Maria Tullia Simonetti
5,
Carola Liendo
6,
Maria Grazia Santini
4,
Gian Maria Rossolini
5,
Eduardo Gotuzzo
6 and
Alessandro Bartoloni
1,3,* COHEMI project study group
1
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence School of Medicine, Italy
2
Emerging Bacterial Pathogens, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
3
SOD Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
4
UF Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, ASL 10 Zona Firenze, Florence, Italy
5
SOD Microbiologia e Virologia, Centro di Riferimento per i Micobatteri della Regione Toscana, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
6
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2014, 6(4), 5646; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5646
Received: 23 September 2014 / Revised: 28 October 2014 / Accepted: 29 October 2014 / Published: 11 December 2014

Abstract

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.
Keywords: tuberculosis; immigrants; migrants; cluster; epidemiology; Peru; Italy tuberculosis; immigrants; migrants; cluster; epidemiology; Peru; Italy

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Zammarchi, L.; Tortoli, E.; Borroni, E.; Bartalesi, F.; Strohmeyer, M.; Baretti, S.; Simonetti, M.T.; Liendo, C.; Santini, M.G.; Rossolini, G.M.; Gotuzzo, E.; Bartoloni, A., COHEMI project study group. High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in Peruvian migrants in Florence, Italy. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2014, 6, 5646. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5646

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Zammarchi L, Tortoli E, Borroni E, Bartalesi F, Strohmeyer M, Baretti S, Simonetti MT, Liendo C, Santini MG, Rossolini GM, Gotuzzo E, Bartoloni A COHEMI project study group. High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in Peruvian migrants in Florence, Italy. Infectious Disease Reports. 2014; 6(4):5646. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5646

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Zammarchi, Lorenzo, Enrico Tortoli, Emanuele Borroni, Filippo Bartalesi, Marianne Strohmeyer, Simonetta Baretti, Maria Tullia Simonetti, Carola Liendo, Maria Grazia Santini, Gian Maria Rossolini, Eduardo Gotuzzo, and Alessandro Bartoloni COHEMI project study group. 2014. "High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in Peruvian migrants in Florence, Italy" Infectious Disease Reports 6, no. 4: 5646. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5646

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