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Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak strain of Danish origin spreading at worrying rates among greenland-born persons in Denmark and Greenland.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2013
Lillebaek T, Andersen A B, Rasmussen E M, Kamper-Jørgensen Z, Pedersen M K, Bjorn-Mortensen K, Ladefoged K, Thomsen V O
Abstract excerpt
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues at high rates among Greenland-born persons in Greenland and Denmark, with 203 and 450 notified cases per 10(5) population, respectively, in the year 2010. Here, we document that the predominant M. tuberculosis outbreak strain C2/1112-15 of Danish origin has been transmitted to Greenland-born persons in Denmark and subsequently to Greenland, where it is...
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