Determinants of Cluster Size in Large, Population-Based Molecular Epidemiology Study of Tuberculosis, Northern Malawi

Tuberculosis patients with identical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are described as clustered. Cluster size may depend on patient or strain characteristics. In a 7-year population-based study of tuberculosis in Karonga District, Malawi, clusters were defined by using IS6110 restriction fragm...

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Main Authors: Glynn, Judith R., Crampin, Amelia C., Traore, Hamidou, Chaguluka, Steve, Mwafulirwa, Donex T., Alghamdi, Saad, Ngwira, Bagrey M.M., Yates, Malcolm D., Drobniewski, Francis D., Fine, Paul E.M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600342/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18598626
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.060468
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