Profiling Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission and the resulting disease burden in the five highest tuberculosis burden countries
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) control efforts are hampered by an imperfect understanding of TB epidemiology. The true age distribution of disease is unknown because a large proportion of individuals with active TB remain undetected. Understanding of transmission is limited by the asymptomati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1452-0 |