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[Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Almeria (Spain). Factors associated with recent transmission].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Mar 2011
Lucerna María Angeles, Rodríguez-Contreras Rafael, Barroso Pilar, Martínez Miguel José, Sánchez-Benítez María Luisa, García de Viedma Dario
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Molecular epidemiology is used in tuberculosis (TB) to identify clusters in which the cases are assumed to belong to the same recent transmission chain. An endogenous reactivation of latent TB is considered when the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates have a unique genotype. OBJECTIVE: To describe factors associated with recent transmission of TB in Almeria, from 2003-2007. METHODS: We conducted an...
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