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A Novel Approach - The Propensity to Propagate (PTP) Method for Controlling for Host Factors in Studying the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

RATIONALE: Understanding the genetic variations among Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains with differential ability to transmit would be a major step forward in preventing transmission. OBJECTIVES: To describe a method to extend conventional proxy measures of transmissibility by adjusting for p...

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Autores principales: Nebenzahl-Guimaraes, Hanna, Borgdorff, Martien W., Murray, Megan B., van Soolingen, Dick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24849817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097816