Unsuspected Recent Transmission of Tuberculosis among High-Risk Groups: Implications of Universal Tuberculosis Genotyping in Its Detection | Zendy

Naile Malakmadze | Zendy; Idalia M. González | Zendy; Tanya V. Oemig | Zendy; Ijeoma Isiadinso | Zendy; Debra Rembert | Zendy; Mary M. McCauley | Zendy; P J Wand | Zendy; Lois Diem | Zendy; Linda D. Cowan | Zendy; G J Palumbo | Zendy; Marilyn Fraser | Zendy; Kashef Ijaz | Zendy

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Unsuspected Recent Transmission of Tuberculosis among High-Risk Groups: Implications of Universal Tuberculosis Genotyping in Its Detection

Author(s) -

Naile Malakmadze,

Idalia M. González,

Tanya V. Oemig,

Ijeoma Isiadinso,

Debra Rembert,

Mary M. McCauley,

P J Wand,

Lois Diem,

Linda D. Cowan,

G J Palumbo,

Marilyn Fraser,

Kashef Ijaz

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/427112

Subject(s) - genotyping , medicine , tuberculosis , transmission (telecommunications) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , psychological intervention , cluster (spacecraft) , genotype , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , genetics , gene , computer science , electrical engineering , biology , programming language , engineering

The initiation of universal genotyping revealed 3 clusters of 19 patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Wisconsin, with no apparent epidemiologic links among most of them. An epidemiologic investigation was conducted to determine whether genotype clustering resulted from recent transmission.

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