Recent TB transmission, clustering and predictors of large clusters in London, 2010–2012: results from first 3 years of universal MIRU-VNTR strain typing

BACKGROUND: The incidence of TB has doubled in the last 20 years in London. A better understanding of risk groups for recent transmission is required to effectively target interventions. We investigated the molecular epidemiological characteristics of TB cases to estimate the proportion of cases due...

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Autores principales: Hamblion, Esther L, Le Menach, Arnaud, Anderson, Laura F, Lalor, Maeve K, Brown, Tim, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Anderson, Charlotte, Maguire, Helen, Anderson, Sarah R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Tuberculosis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27417280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206608

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27417280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206608

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