Clustered tuberculosis in a low-burden country: nationwide genotyping through 15 years.

doi:10.1128/JCM.06358-11

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Clustered tuberculosis in a low-burden country: nationwide genotyping through 15 years.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2012

Kamper-Jørgensen Z, Andersen A B, Kok-Jensen A, Bygbjerg I C, Andersen P H, Thomsen V O, Kamper-Jørgensen M, Lillebaek T

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Molecular genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has proved to be a powerful tool in tuberculosis surveillance, epidemiology, and control. Based on results obtained through 15 years of nationwide IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) genotyping of M. tuberculosis cases in Denmark, a country on the way toward tuberculosis elimination, we discuss M. tuberculosis transmission dynamics and point to...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Bacterial
Denmark
Female
Genotype
Humans
Infant

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PMID: 22675129
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06358-11
PMCID: PMC3421533

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