The Risk of Tuberculosis Reinfection Soon after Cure of a First Disease Episode Is Extremely High in a Hyperendemic Community

Elevated rates of reinfection tuberculosis in various hyperendemic regions have been reported and, in particular, it has been shown that in a high-incidence setting near Cape Town, South Africa, the rate of reinfection tuberculosis (TB) disease after cure of a previous TB disease episode is about fo...

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Autores principales: Uys, Pieter, Brand, Hilmarie, Warren, Robin, van der Spuy, Gian, Hoal, Eileen G., van Helden, Paul D
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/PMC4674135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144487

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4674135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144487

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