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Representativeness of Tuberculosis Genotyping Surveillance in the United States, 2009-2010.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) - 1 Jan 2000
Shak Emma B, France Anne Marie, Cowan Lauren, Starks Angela M, Grant Juliana
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates contributes to tuberculosis (TB) control through detection of possible outbreaks. However, 20% of U.S. cases do not have an isolate for testing, and 10% of cases with isolates do not have a genotype reported. TB outbreaks in populations with incomplete genotyping data might be missed by genotyping-based outbreak detection. Therefore, we assessed the...
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