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Surveillance of tuberculosis (TB) cases attributable to relapse or reinfection in London, 2002-2015

Recurrence of TB in an individual can occur due to relapse of the same strain or reinfection by a different strain. The contribution of reinfection and relapse to TB incidence, and the factors associated with each are unknown. We aimed to quantify and describe cases attributable to relapse or reinfe...

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Autores principales: Afshar, Baharak, Carless, Jacqueline, Roche, Anita, Balasegaram, Sooria, Anderson, Charlotte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6377187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30768624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211972