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Epidemiological evaluation of spatiotemporal and genotypic clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ontario, Canada.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Oct 2013
Tuite A R, Guthrie J L, Alexander D C, Whelan M S, Lee B, Lam K, Ma J, Fisman D N, Jamieson F B
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BACKGROUND: In Canada, tuberculosis (TB) rates are at a historic low, with the remaining risk concentrated in a few vulnerable population subgroups. OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of TB in the Canadian province of Ontario and to characterise risk factors associated with transmission events, identified using genetic typing techniques. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of 2186 culture-positive TB cases...
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