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Possible Transmission Mechanisms of Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in High HIV Prevalence Country, Botswana.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2020
Baik Yeonsoo, Modongo Chawangwa, Moonan Patrick K, Click Eleanor S, Tobias James L, Boyd Rosanna, Finlay Alyssa, Oeltmann John E, Shin Sanghyuk S, Zetola Nicola M
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Tuberculosis caused by concurrent infection with multiple Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains (i.e., mixed infection) challenges clinical and epidemiologic paradigms. We explored possible transmission mechanisms of mixed infection in a population-based, molecular epidemiology study in Botswana during 2012-2016. We defined mixed infection as multiple repeats of alleles at >2 loci within a discrete mycobacterial...
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