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Technology and tuberculosis control: the OUT-TB Web experience.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA - 1 Apr 2017
Guthrie Jennifer L, Alexander David C, Marchand-Austin Alex, Lam Karen, Whelan Michael, Lee Brenda, Furness Colin, Rea Elizabeth, Stuart Rebecca, Lechner Julia, Varia Monali, McLean Jennifer, Jamieson Frances B
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OBJECTIVE: Develop a tool to disseminate integrated laboratory, clinical, and demographic case data necessary for improved contact tracing and outbreak detection of tuberculosis (TB). METHODS: In 2007, the Public Health Ontario Laboratories implemented a universal genotyping program to monitor the spread of TB strains within Ontario. Ontario Universal Typing of TB (OUT-TB) Web utilizes geographic information...
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