Small contribution of gold mines to the ongoing tuberculosis epidemic in South Africa: a modeling-based study

BACKGROUND: Gold mines represent a potential hotspot for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission and may be exacerbating the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in South Africa. However, the presence of multiple factors complicates estimation of the mining contribution to the TB burden in South Africa....

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Autores principales: Chang, Stewart T., Chihota, Violet N., Fielding, Katherine L., Grant, Alison D., Houben, Rein M., White, Richard G., Churchyard, Gavin J., Eckhoff, Philip A., Wagner, Bradley G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1037-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1037-3

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