High Rates of Clustering of Strains Causing Tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: a Molecular Epidemiological Study

We examined the pattern of tuberculosis (TB) transmission (i.e., reactivation versus recent transmission) and the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Harare, Zimbabwe. Consecutive adult smear-positive pulmonary TB patients presenting to an urban hospital in Harare were enrolled...

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Autori principali: Easterbrook, Philippa J., Gibson, Andrea, Murad, Shahed, Lamprecht, Dianie, Ives, Natalie, Ferguson, Alex, Lowe, Odette, Mason, Peter, Ndudzo, Angelika, Taziwa, Alfred, Makombe, Robert, Mbengeranwa, Lovemore, Sola, Christophe, Rostogi, Nalim, Drobniewski, Francis
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2004
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Epidemiology
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC522374/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15472306
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.10.4536-4544.2004
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