Investigating spillover of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from a prison: a spatial and molecular epidemiological analysis

Investigating spillover of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from a prison: a spatial and molecular epidemiological analysis

Abstract Background Congregate settings may serve as institutional amplifiers of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We analyze spatial, epidemiological, and pathogen genetic data prospectively collected from neighborhoods surrounding a prison in Lima, Peru, where inmate...

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Main Authors: Joshua L. Warren, Louis Grandjean, David A. J. Moore, Anna Lithgow, Jorge Coronel, Patricia Sheen, Jonathan L. Zelner, Jason R. Andrews, Ted Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Antibiotic resistance
Bayesian statistics
Spatial analysis
Spillover analysis
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1111-x

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1111-x

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