Using genotyping to delineate tuberculosis transmission in long-term care facilities: single facility 4-year experience

BACKGROUND: Residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are vulnerable to tuberculosis (TB) transmission; however, to delineate possible routes of TB transmission in LTCFs is difficult. This study aimed to address the use of regular genotyping surveillance to delineate TB transmission in LTCFs. M...

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Autores principales: Chao, Wen-Cheng, Chuang, Pei-Chun, Wu, Don-Han, Wu, Chieh-Liang, Liu, Po-Yu, Shieh, Chi-Chang, Jou, Ruwen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28610564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2526-2

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