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Genomic sequencing is required for identification of tuberculosis transmission in Hawaii

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) caused an estimated 1.4 million deaths and 10.4 million new cases globally in 2015. TB rates in the United States continue to steadily decline, yet rates in the State of Hawaii are perennially among the highest in the nation due to a continuous influx of immigrants from...

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Autores principales: Koster, Kent J., Largen, Angela, Foster, Jeffrey T., Drees, Kevin P., Qian, Lishi, Desmond, Ed, Wan, Xuehua, Hou, Shaobin, Douglas, James T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6276198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30509214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3502-1