Prioritizing Tuberculosis Clusters by Genotype for Public Health Action, Washington, USA
Groups of tuberculosis cases with indistinguishable Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes (clusters) might represent recent transmission. We compared geospatial concentration of genotype clusters with independent priority rankings determined by local public health officials; findings were highly corr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2013-03-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/3/12-1453_article |