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Occupational Tuberculosis in Denmark through 21 Years Analysed by Nationwide Genotyping.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Pedersen Mathias Klok, Andersen Aase Bengaard, Andersen Peter Henrik, Svensson Erik, Jensen Sidse Graff, Lillebaek Troels
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is a well-known occupational hazard. Based on more than two decades (1992-2012) of centralized nationwide genotyping of all Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture-positive TB patients in Denmark, we compared M. tuberculosis genotypes from all cases notified as presumed occupational (N = 130) with M. tuberculosis genotypes from all TB cases present in the country (N = 7,127). From 1992 through 2006,...
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