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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the United States-Affiliated Pacific Islands.
Asia-Pacific journal of public health - 1 Jan 2014
Bamrah Sapna, Desmond Edward, Ghosh Smita, France Anne Marie, Kammerer J Steve, Cowan Lauren S, Heetderks Andrew, Forbes Alstead, Moonan Patrick K
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The United States-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) are part of the US National Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance System and use laboratory services contracted through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2004, the CDC established the National Tuberculosis Genotyping Service, a system to genotype 1 isolate from each culture-confirmed case of TB. To describe the...
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