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Use of geographic and genotyping tools to characterise tuberculosis transmission in Montreal.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jun 2007
Haase I, Olson S, Behr M A, Wanyeki I, Thibert L, Scott A, Zwerling A, Ross N, Brassard P, Menzies D, Schwartzman K
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SETTING: In Canada, tuberculosis (TB) is increasingly an urban health problem. Montreal is Canada's second-largest city and the second most frequent destination for new immigrants and refugees. OBJECTIVES: To detect spatial aggregation of cases, areas of excess incidence and local 'hot spots' of...
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