Tuberculosis Acquired Outside of Households, Rural Vietnam

Tuberculosis Acquired Outside of Households, Rural Vietnam

Using population-based data from rural Vietnam, we assessed tuberculosis (TB) transmission within and outside of households. Eighty-three percent of persons with recent household TB were infected by different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis than were their household members. This result argues...

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Main Authors: Tran N. Buu, Dick van Soolingen, Mai N.T. Huyen, Nguyen N.T. Lan, Hoang T. Quy, Edine W. Tiemersma, Martien W. Borgdorff, Frank G.J. Cobelens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
pulmonary
households
transmission
Vietnam
dispatch
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/10-0281_article

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