Mycobacterium avium in Community and Household Water, Suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010–2012

Mycobacterium avium in Community and Household Water, Suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010–2012

Attention to environmental sources of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is a vital component of disease prevention and control. We investigated MAC colonization of household plumbing in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. We used variable-number tandem-repeat genotyping and whole-gen...

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Main Authors: Leah Lande, David C. Alexander, Richard J. Wallace, Rebecca Kwait, Elena Iakhiaeva, Myra Williams, Andrew D.S. Cameron, Stephen Olshefsky, Ronit Devon, Ravikiran Vasireddy, Donald D. Peterson, Joseph O. Falkinham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Mycobacterium avium household biofilms
VNTR
Mycobacterium avium water
genome sequencing
Philadelphia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-0336_article

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