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Transmission of tuberculosis between foreign-born and Finnish-born populations in Finland, 2014-2017.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Räisänen Pirre Emilia, Haanperä Marjo, Soini Hanna, Ruutu Petri, Nuorti J Pekka, Lyytikäinen Outi
Abstract excerpt
We describe the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) and characterized Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) isolates to evaluate transmission between foreign-born and Finnish-born populations. Data on TB cases were obtained from the National Infectious Disease Register and denominator data on legal residents and their country of birth from the Population Information System. M. tuberculosis isolates were...
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