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SUBMITTER: Ma MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4427569 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Mai-Juan MJ Yang Yang Y Wang Hai-Bin HB Zhu Yi-Fan YF Fang Li-Qun LQ An Xiao-Ping XP Wan Kang-Lin KL Whalen Christopher C CC Yang Xiao-Xian XX Lauzardo Michael M Zhang Zhi-Yi ZY Cao Jin-Feng JF Tong Yi-Gang YG Dai Er-Hei EH Cao Wu-Chun WC
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 20150307
Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak occurred in a boarding middle school of China. We explored its probable sources and quantified the transmissibility and pathogenicity of TB. Clinical evaluation, tuberculin skin testing and chest radiography were conducted to identify TB cases. Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates underwent genotyping analysis to identify the outbreak source. A chain-binomial transmission model was used to evaluate transmissibility and pathogenicity of TB. A total of 46 active cases wer ...[more]