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Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains, Alberta, Canada, 1991-2007.

Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2013

Langlois-Klassen Deanne, Senthilselvan Ambikaipakan, Chui Linda, Kunimoto Dennis, Saunders L Duncan, Menzies Dick, Long Richard

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Beijing strains are speculated to have a selective advantage over other Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains because of increased transmissibility and virulence. In Alberta, a province of Canada that receives a large number of immigrants, we conducted a population-based study to determine whether Beijing strains were associated with increased transmission leading to disease compared with non-Beijing strains....

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PMID: 23648234
DOI: 10.3201/eid1905.121578
PMCID: PMC3649004

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