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A 13-year molecular epidemiological analysis of tuberculosis in San Francisco.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Mar 2006
Cattamanchi A, Hopewell P C, Gonzalez L C, Osmond D H, Masae Kawamura L, Daley C L, Jasmer R M
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BACKGROUND: We examined the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in San Francisco during a 13-year period encompassing the peak of TB resurgence and subsequent decline to historic low levels. OBJECTIVE: To compare rates of TB caused either by rapid progression of recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection or by reactivation of latent infection. METHODS: All TB cases reported from 1991 to 2003 were...
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