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A field-validated approach using surveillance and genotyping data to estimate tuberculosis attributable to recent transmission in the United States.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Nov 2015
France Anne Marie, Grant Juliana, Kammerer J Steve, Navin Thomas R
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis genotyping data are frequently used to estimate the proportion of tuberculosis cases in a population that are attributable to recent transmission (RT). Multiple factors influence genotype-based estimates of RT and limit the comparison of estimates over time and across geographic units. Additionally, methods used for these estimates have not been validated against field-based epidemiologic assessments...
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