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Genotypic and Spatial Analysis of<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>Transmission in a High-Incidence Urban Setting
5 May 2015
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BACKGROUND: Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates allows study of dynamics of tuberculosis transmission, while geoprocessing allows spatial analysis of clinical and epidemiological data. Here, genotyping data and spatial analysis were combined to characterize tuberculosis transmission in Vitória, Brazil, to identify distinct neighborhoods and risk factors associated with recent tuberculosis transmission....
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