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Tuberculosis
Studies from University College yield new data on tuberculosis
May 5th, 2009
According to a study from Dublin, Ireland, "Contact investigation resulting from specimens sent to the Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory. To characterise patients and types of exposures associated with transmission of a prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype in Scotland." "A combined approach using molecular epidemiology and semi-structured patient interviews for social network enquiry. We investigated social connections between 64 patients diagnosed between 1994 and 2004. Fifty-five per cent had >= 1 identifiable contact. One third (n = 14, 32.6%) of the 43 epidemiological links detected were discerned as a result of patient interviews and were not...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-05)
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