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Reduced transmission of Mycobacterium africanum compared to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in urban West Africa
OBJECTIVE: Understanding transmission dynamics is useful for tuberculosis (TB) control. A population-based molecular epidemiological study was conducted to determine TB transmission in Ghana. METHODS: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates obtained from prospectively sampled pulmonary TB...
Autores principales: | Asare, Prince, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Prah, Diana Ahu, Borrell, Sonia, Osei-Wusu, Stephen, Otchere, Isaac Darko, Forson, Audrey, Adjapong, Gloria, Koram, Kwadwo Ansah, Gagneux, Sebastien, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069673/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29879521 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.05.014 |
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