Evidence for local transmission and reactivation of tuberculosis in the Toronto Somali community.

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To further understand the molecular and clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Toronto Somali community, molecular fingerprinting using IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism typing or spoligotyping was performed on M. tuberculosis isolates obtained from Somali-Canadians who developed active disease from 1997 to 2001. Molecular fingerprints were further compared with those obtained from Somalis...

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