Transmission of tuberculosis and predictors of large clusters within three years in an urban setting in Tokyo, Japan: a population-based molecular epidemiological study

OBJECTIVE: Molecular epidemiology is a promising tool for understanding tuberculosis transmission dynamics but has not been sufficiently utilised in Asian countries including Japan. The aim of this study was to estimate the proportion of TB cases attributable to recent transmission and to identify r...

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Autores principales: Izumi, Kiyohiko, Murase, Yoshiro, Uchimura, Kazuhiro, Kaebeta, Aya, Ishihara, Keiko, Kaguraoka, Sumi, Takii, Takemasa, Ohkado, Akihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Materias:
Infectious Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31076478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029295

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31076478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029295

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