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National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network: design and methods.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2002
Crawford Jack T, Braden Christopher R, Schable Barbara A, Onorato Ida M
Abstract excerpt
The National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network was established in 1996 to perform a 5-year, prospective study of the usefulness of genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to tuberculosis control programs. Seven sentinel sites identified all new cases of tuberculosis, collected information on patients and contacts, and obtained patient isolates. Seven genotyping laboratories performed DNA...
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