Use of cluster-graphs from spoligotyping data to study genotype similarities and a comparison of three indices to quantify recent tuberculosis transmission among culture positive cases in French Guiana during a eight year period
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- 14 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (1) , 46
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-46
Abstract
French Guiana has the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden among all French departments, with a strong increase in the TB incidence over the last few years. It is now uncertain how best to explain this incidence. The objective of this study was to compare three different methods evaluating the extent of recent TB transmission in French Guiana.Keywords
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