Surveillance of tuberculosis (TB) cases attributable to relapse or reinfection in London, 2002-2015.

Recurrence of TB in an individual can occur due to relapse of the same strain or reinfection by a different strain. The contribution of reinfection and relapse to TB incidence, and the factors associated with each are unknown. We aimed to quantify and describe cases attributable to relapse or reinfe...

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Main Authors: Baharak Afshar, Jacqueline Carless, Anita Roche, Sooria Balasegaram, Charlotte Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211972