Cross-Jurisdictional Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Maryland and Washington, D.C., 1996–2000, Linked to the Homeless

From 1996 to 2000, 23 Maryland and Washington, D.C., tuberculosis cases were identified in one six-band DNA cluster. Cases were clustered on the basis of their Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Medical record reviews and interviews were conducted to identify epidemiologic linkages. Eighteen (78%)...

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Autores principales: Lathan, Monica, Mukasa, Leonard Ntaate, Hooper, Nancy, Golub, Jonathan, Baruch, Nancy, Mulcahy, Donna, Benjamin, William, Cronin, Wendy A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453350
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020245

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12453350
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0811.020245

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