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Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis study findings have been published by scientists at Montreal General Hospital
April 1st, 2008
According to recent research from Montreal, Canada, "A combination of continuous and categorical tests, none of which is a gold standard, is often available for classification of subject status in epidemiologic studies. For example, tuberculosis (TB) molecular epidemiology uses select mycobacterial DNA sequences to provide clues about which cases of active TB are likely clustered, implying recent transmission between these cases, versus reactivation of previously acquired infection." "The proportion of recently transmitted cases is important to public health, as different control methods are implemented as transmission rates increase. Standard typing methods include...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-01)
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