Genotypic characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from household contacts of tuberculosis patients in the Philippines

BACKGROUND: The Philippines has an extremely high rate of tuberculosis but little is known about M. tuberculosis genotypes and transmission dynamics in this country. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of household contacts who develop active TB due to direct transmission from an i...

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Autores principales: Sia, Irene G, Buckwalter, Seanne P, Doerr, Kelly A, Lugos, Sonia, Kramer, Rebecca, Orillaza-Chi, Ruth, Quelapio, Maria Imelda, Tupasi, Thelma E, Wengenack, Nancy L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4028849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24308751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-571

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4028849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24308751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-571

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