Sampling Bias in the Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
Among the goals of the molecular epidemiology of infectious disease are to quantify the extent of ongoing transmission of infectious agents and to identify host- and strain-specific risk factors for disease spread. I demonstrate the potential bias in estimates of recent transmission and the impact o...
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| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2002-04-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/4/00-0444_article |