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Molecular surveillance for large outbreaks of tuberculosis in the United States, 2014-2018.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2022
Raz Kala M, Talarico Sarah, Althomsons Sandy P, Kammerer J Steve, Cowan Lauren S, Haddad Maryam B, McDaniel Clinton J, Wortham Jonathan M, France Anne Marie, Powell Krista M, Posey James E, Silk Benjamin J
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OBJECTIVE: This study describes characteristics of large tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in the United States detected using novel molecular surveillance methods during 2014-2016 and followed for 2 years through 2018. METHODS: We developed 4 genotype-based detection algorithms to identify large TB outbreaks of ≥10 cases related by recent transmission during a 3-year period. We used whole-genome sequencing and...
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