Effect of study design and setting on tuberculosis clustering estimates using Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number Tandem Repeats (MIRU-VNTR): a systematic review

OBJECTIVES: To systematically review the evidence for the impact of study design and setting on the interpretation of tuberculosis (TB) transmission using clustering derived from Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number Tandem Repeats (MIRU-VNTR) strain typing. DATA SOURCES: MEDLI...

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Autores principales: Mears, Jessica, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Cohen, Theodore, McHugh, Timothy D, Sonnenberg, Pam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Research Methods
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25609667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005636

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4305070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25609667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005636

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