DNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Epidemiologically Linked Case Pairs

DNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Epidemiologically Linked Case Pairs

DNA fingerprinting was used to evaluate epidemiologically linked case pairs found during routine tuberculosis (TB) contact investigations in seven sentinel sites from 1996 to 2000. Transmission was confirmed when the DNA fingerprints of source and secondary cases matched. Of 538 case pairs identifie...

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Main Authors: Diane E. Bennett, Ida M. Onorato, Barbara A. Ellis, Jack T. Crawford, Barbara Schable, Robert Byers, J. Steve Kammerer, Christopher R. Braden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
DNA fingerprinting
molecular epidemiology
contact investigation
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/11/02-0420_article

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