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Identification of factors for tuberculosis transmission via an integrated multidisciplinary approach.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2011
Talarico Sarah, Ijaz Kashef, Zhang Xinyu, Mukasa Leonard N, Zhang Lixin, Marrs Carl F, Cave M Donald, Bates Joseph H, Yang Zhenhua
Abstract excerpt
It was reported previously that the major fraction of the recent decrease of tuberculosis incident cases in Arkansas had been due to a decrease in the reactivated infections. Preventing transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the key to a continued decline in tuberculosis cases. In this study, we integrated epidemiological data analysis and comparative genomics to identify host and microbial factors...
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