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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Autores principales: Cronin, Wendy A., Golub, Jonathan E., Lathan, Monica J., Mukasa, Leonard N., Hooper, Nancy, Razeq, Jafar H., Baruch, Nancy G., Mulcahy, Donna, Benjamin, William H., Magder, Laurence S., Strickland, G. Thomas, Bishai, William R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Research
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

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