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Transmission events revealed in tuberculosis contact investigations in London

Contact tracing is a key part of tuberculosis prevention and care, aiming to hasten diagnosis and prevent transmission. The proportion of case-contact pairs for which recent transmission occurred and the typical timespans between the index case and their contact accessing care are not known; we aime...

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Autores principales: Cavany, Sean M., Vynnycky, Emilia, Sumner, Tom, Macdonald, Neil, Thomas, H. Lucy, White, Jacqui, White, Richard G., Maguire, Helen, Anderson, Charlotte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5923283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29703981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25149-6