Spatial dependency of tuberculosis incidence in Taiwan.

Spatial dependency of tuberculosis incidence in Taiwan.

Tuberculosis (TB) disease can be caused by either recent transmission from infectious patients or reactivation of remote latent infection. Spatial dependency (correlation between nearby geographic areas) in tuberculosis incidence is a signature for chains of recent transmission with geographic diffu...

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Main Authors:	In-Chan Ng, Tzai-Hung Wen, Jann-Yuan Wang, Chi-Tai Fang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511364?pdf=render

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