Assessing a transmission network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an African city using single nucleotide polymorphism threshold analysis
Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in humans by a single infectious agent worldwide with approximately two billion humans latently infected with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Currently, the accepted method for controlling the disease is Tuberculosis Directly Observe...
Main Authors: | Edriss Yassine, Ronald Galiwango, Willy Ssengooba, Fred Ashaba, Moses L. Joloba, Sarah Zalwango, Christopher C. Whalen, Frederick Quinn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-06-01
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Series: | MicrobiologyOpen |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1211 |
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