Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in an ethnically-diverse high incidence region in England, 2007–11

Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in an ethnically-diverse high incidence region in England, 2007–11

Abstract Background Transmission patterns in high tuberculosis incidence areas in England are poorly understood but need elucidating to focus contact tracing. We study transmission within and between age, ethnic and immigrant groups using molecular data from the high incidence West Midlands region....

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Main Authors: Emilia Vynnycky, Adrienne R. Keen, Jason T. Evans, Shaina Khanom, Peter M. Hawkey, Richard G. White, Ibrahim Abubakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
West midlands
England
MIRU-VNTR
Clustering
Transmission
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3585-8

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