Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant and Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis within Households: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant and Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis within Households: A Prospective Cohort Study.

<h4>Background</h4>The "fitness" of an infectious pathogen is defined as the ability of the pathogen to survive, reproduce, be transmitted, and cause disease. The fitness of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) relative to drug-susceptible tuberculosis is cited as one of th...

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Main Authors: Louis Grandjean, Robert H Gilman, Laura Martin, Esther Soto, Beatriz Castro, Sonia Lopez, Jorge Coronel, Edith Castillo, Valentina Alarcon, Virginia Lopez, Angela San Miguel, Neyda Quispe, Luis Asencios, Christopher Dye, David A J Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001843

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001843

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