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Statewide Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a Moderate- to Low-Incidence State: Are Contact Investigations Enough?
To assess the circumstances of recent transmission of tuberculosis (TB) (progression to active disease <2 years after infection), we obtained DNA fingerprints for 1,172 (99%) of 1,179 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected from Maryland TB patients from 1996 to 2000. We also reviewed medic...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2002
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453355 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020261 |