Validation of genotype cluster investigations for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: application results for 44 clusters from four heterogeneous United States jurisdictions

BACKGROUND: Tracking the dissemination of specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains using genotyped Mtb isolates from tuberculosis patients is a routine public health practice in the United States. The present study proposes a standardized cluster investigation method to identify epidemiolog...

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Autores principales: Teeter, Larry D., Vempaty, Padmaja, Nguyen, Duc T. M., Tapia, Jane, Sharnprapai, Sharon, Ghosh, Smita, Kammerer, J. Steven, Miramontes, Roque, Cronin, Wendy A., Graviss, Edward A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1937-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1937-9

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