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Aiding the practice of tuberculosis control: a decision support model to predict transmission
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A new TB case can be classified as: 1) a source case for transmission leading to other, secondary active TB cases; 2) a secondary case, resulting from recent transmission; or 3) an isolated case, uninvolved in recent transmission (i.e. neither… read more… 3) an isolated case, uninvolved in recent transmission (i.e. neither source nor recipient). Source and secondary cases require more intense intervention due to their involvement in a chain of transmission; thus, … (3) an isolated case, uninvolved in recent transmission (i.e., neither source nor recipient). Source and secondary … -
The Utility of Space-Time Surveillance for Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a global health epidemic in recent years. Although several researchers have examined the use of space-time surveillance to detect TB clusters, they have not used genetic information to… read more… genetic information to verify that detected clusters are due to person-to-person transmission. Using genetic … we sought to determine whether detected clusters were due to recent transmission. Objective This paper describes … spacetime surveillance to detect genetic clusters of TB due to person-to-person spread. Document …