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SUBMITTER: Nelson KN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6217717 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nelson Kristin N KN Shah N Sarita NS Mathema Barun B Ismail Nazir N Brust James C M JCM Brown Tyler S TS Auld Sara C SC Omar Shaheed Vally SV Morris Natashia N Campbell Angie A Allana Salim S Moodley Pravi P Mlisana Koleka K Gandhi Neel R NR
The Journal of infectious diseases 20181101 12
<h4>Background</h4>Transmission is driving the global drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) epidemic; nearly three-quarters of drug-resistant TB cases are attributable to transmission. Geographic patterns of disease incidence, combined with information on probable transmission links, can define the spatial scale of transmission and generate hypotheses about factors driving transmission patterns.<h4>Methods</h4>We combined whole-genome sequencing data with home Global Positioning System coordinates fr ...[more]