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Recurrent tuberculosis in Denmark: relapse vs. re-infection.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Apr 2010
Bang D, Andersen A B, Thomsen V O, Lillebaek T
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SETTING: Denmark, a country with a low-incidence of tuberculosis (TB). OBJECTIVE: To analyse the proportion of relapse vs. re-infection and to compare selected characteristics between the two subgroups. DESIGN: A population-based cohort study. All 4154 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in Denmark genotyped by insertion sequence 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism were followed for...
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