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Tuberculosis
Findings from C. Allixbeguec and co-authors broaden understanding of tuberculosis
June 24th, 2008
"A population-based molecular epidemiology investigation has been undertaken to evaluate tuberculosis transmission and control in the Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium). All tuberculosis cases reported from January 2003 to December 2004 were investigated," investigators in Brussels, Belgium report. "In total, 536 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates (89% of culture-positive samples) were genotyped by the newly standardised 24 loci-based mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem-repeat typing, spoligotyping and IS6110 fingerprinting. Of all the patients, 30% were grouped based on strain clusters, suggesting a transmission index of 20%. An...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-24)
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