Statewide Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a Moderate- to Low-Incidence State: Are Contact Investigations Enough?

Statewide Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a Moderate- to Low-Incidence State: Are Contact Investigations Enough?

To assess the circumstances of recent transmission of tuberculosis (TB) (progression to active disease <2 years after infection), we obtained DNA fingerprints for 1,172 (99%) of 1,179 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected from Maryland TB patients from 1996 to 2000. We also reviewed medic...

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Main Authors: Wendy A. Cronin, Jonathan E. Golub, Monica J. Lathan, Leonard N. Mukasa, Nancy Hooper, Jafar H. Razeq, Nancy G. Baruch, Donna Mulcahy, William H. Benjamin, Laurence S. Magder, G. Thomas Strickland, William R. Bishai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
molecular epidemiology
tuberculosis
recent transmission
DNA fingerprinting
Brazil
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/11/02-0261_article

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