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Internal migration and transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Shanghai, China: an epidemiological, spatial, genomic analysis.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2018
Yang Chongguang, Lu Liping, Warren Joshua L, Wu Jie, Jiang Qi, Zuo Tianyu, Gan Mingyu, Liu Mei, Liu Qingyun, DeRiemer Kathryn, Hong Jianjun, Shen Xin, Colijn Caroline, Guo Xiaoqin, Gao Qian, Cohen Ted
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Massive internal migration from rural to urban areas poses new challenges for tuberculosis control in China. We aimed to combine genomic, spatial, and epidemiological data to describe the dynamics of tuberculosis in an urban setting with large numbers of migrants. METHODS: We did a population-based study of culture-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Songjiang, Shanghai. We used...
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