Tuberculosis Acquired Outside of Households, Rural Vietnam

Using population-based data from rural Vietnam, we assessed tuberculosis (TB) transmission within and outside of households. Eighty-three percent of persons with recent household TB were infected by different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis than were their household members. This result argues...

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Autores principales: Buu, Tran N., van Soolingen, Dick, Huyen, Mai N.T., Lan, Nguyen N.T., Quy, Hoang T., Tiemersma, Edine W., Borgdorff, Martien W., Cobelens, Frank G.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20735935
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1609.100281
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author Buu, Tran N.
van Soolingen, Dick
Huyen, Mai N.T.
Lan, Nguyen N.T.
Quy, Hoang T.
Tiemersma, Edine W.
Borgdorff, Martien W.
Cobelens, Frank G.J.
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description Using population-based data from rural Vietnam, we assessed tuberculosis (TB) transmission within and outside of households. Eighty-three percent of persons with recent household TB were infected by different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis than were their household members. This result argues against the effectiveness of active TB case finding among household members.
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spelling pubmed-32949802012-03-07 Tuberculosis Acquired Outside of Households, Rural Vietnam Buu, Tran N. van Soolingen, Dick Huyen, Mai N.T. Lan, Nguyen N.T. Quy, Hoang T. Tiemersma, Edine W. Borgdorff, Martien W. Cobelens, Frank G.J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Using population-based data from rural Vietnam, we assessed tuberculosis (TB) transmission within and outside of households. Eighty-three percent of persons with recent household TB were infected by different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis than were their household members. This result argues against the effectiveness of active TB case finding among household members. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3294980/ /pubmed/20735935 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1609.100281 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Borgdorff, Martien W.
Cobelens, Frank G.J.
Tuberculosis Acquired Outside of Households, Rural Vietnam
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