Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission among Elderly Persons, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, 2009–2015

In many countries with low to moderate tuberculosis (TB) incidence, cases have shifted to elderly persons. It is unclear, however, whether these cases are associated with recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission or represent reactivation of past disease. During 2009–2015, we performed a popula...

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Autores principales: Seto, Junji, Wada, Takayuki, Suzuki, Yu, Ikeda, Tatsuya, Mizuta, Katsumi, Yamamoto, Taro, Ahiko, Tadayuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161571

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161571

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