Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant and Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis within Households: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: The “fitness” of an infectious pathogen is defined as the ability of the pathogen to survive, reproduce, be transmitted, and cause disease. The fitness of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) relative to drug-susceptible tuberculosis is cited as one of the most important determinants...

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Autores principales: Grandjean, Louis, Gilman, Robert H., Martin, Laura, Soto, Esther, Castro, Beatriz, Lopez, Sonia, Coronel, Jorge, Castillo, Edith, Alarcon, Valentina, Lopez, Virginia, San Miguel, Angela, Quispe, Neyda, Asencios, Luis, Dye, Christopher, Moore, David A. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26103620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001843

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26103620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001843

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