Prospective evaluation of a complex public health intervention: lessons from an initial and follow-up cross-sectional survey of the tuberculosis strain typing service in England

Prospective evaluation of a complex public health intervention: lessons from an initial and follow-up cross-sectional survey of the tuberculosis strain typing service in England

BACKGROUND: The national tuberculosis strain typing service (TB-STS) was introduced in England in 2010. The TB-STS involves MIRU-VNTR typing of isolates from all TB patients for the prospective identification, reporting and investigation of TB strain typing clusters. As part of a mixed-method evalua...

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Main Authors: Mears, J. (Author), Abubakar, I. (Author), Crisp, D. (Author), Maguire, H. (Author), Innes, J.A (Author), Lilley, M. (Author), Lord, J. (Author), Cohen, T. (Author), Borgdorff, M.W (Author), Vynnycky, E. (Author), McHugh, T.D (Author), Sonnenberg, P. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014-10-02.
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