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A sign of superspreading in tuberculosis: highly skewed distribution of genotypic cluster sizes.

Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 May 2013

Ypma Rolf J F, Altes Hester Korthals, van Soolingen Dick, Wallinga Jacco, van Ballegooijen W Marijn

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BACKGROUND: Molecular typing is a valuable tool for gaining insight into spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Typing allows for clustering of cases whose isolates share an identical genotype, revealing epidemiologic relatedness. Observed distributions of genotypic cluster sizes of tuberculosis (TB) are highly skewed. A possible explanation for this skewness is the concept of "superspreading": a high...

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PMID: 23446314
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182878e19

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