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SUBMITTER: Alaridah N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6426893 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alaridah Nader N Hallbäck Erika Tång ET Tångrot Jeanette J Winqvist Niclas N Sturegård Erik E Florén-Johansson Kerstin K Jönsson Bodil B Tenland Erik E Welinder-Olsson Christina C Medstrand Patrik P Kaijser Bertil B Godaly Gabriela G
Scientific reports 20190320 1
Epidemiological contact tracing complemented with genotyping of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates is important for understanding disease transmission. In Sweden, tuberculosis (TB) is mostly reported in migrant and homeless where epidemiologic contact tracing could pose a problem. This study compared epidemiologic linking with genotyping in a low burden country. Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates (n = 93) collected at Scania University Hospital in Southern Sweden were analysed with th ...[more]