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Continued low rates of transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Norway.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Dahle Ulf R, Sandven Per, Heldal Einar, Caugant Dominique A
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we determined the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Norway from 1999 to 2001. The results were compared to those for strains isolated from 1994 to 1998. A total of 818 patients were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) during the last 3-year period. Of these cases, 576 (70%) were verified by culturing, and strains from 551 patients (96%) were analyzed by the IS6110 restriction...
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