The Importance of Recent Infection withMycobacterium tuberculosisin an Area with High HIV Prevalence: A Long‐Term Molecular Epidemiological Study in Northern Malawi | Zendy

Judith R. Glynn | Zendy; Amelia C. Crampin | Zendy; Malcolm D. Yates | Zendy; Hamidou Traore | Zendy; Frank D. Mwaungulu | Zendy; Bagrey Ngwira | Zendy; Richard Ndlovu | Zendy; Francis Drobniewski | Zendy; Paul Fine | Zendy

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The Importance of Recent Infection withMycobacterium tuberculosisin an Area with High HIV Prevalence: A Long‐Term Molecular Epidemiological Study in Northern Malawi

Author(s) -

Judith R. Glynn,

Amelia C. Crampin,

Malcolm D. Yates,

Hamidou Traore,

Frank D. Mwaungulu,

Bagrey Ngwira,

Richard Ndlovu,

Francis Drobniewski,

Paul Fine

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/431517

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , epidemiology , odds ratio , transmission (telecommunications) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , molecular epidemiology , medicine , confidence interval , population , restriction fragment length polymorphism , viral disease , sida , demography , immunology , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , genotype , environmental health , pathology , genetics , electrical engineering , sociology , engineering , gene

The proportion of cases of tuberculosis due to recent infection can be estimated in long-term population-based studies using molecular techniques. Here, we present what is, to our knowledge, the first such study in an area with high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence.

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