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Transmission of tuberculosis within family-households.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jun 2012
Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa, Jagielski Tomasz, Kozińska Monika, Kremer Kristin, van Soolingen Dick, Bielecki Jacek, Zwolska Zofia
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The introduction of molecular typing methods in the 1990s to study the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) has significantly improved the possibilities of quantifying transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in different human settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate transmission of TB in 35 family-households in Poland. METHODS: Two PCR-based genotyping methods: spoligotyping and...
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