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Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rural community,Arkansas, 1945-2000 |
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| Authors: | Dillaha Jennifer A Yang Zhenhua Ijaz Kashef Eisenach Kathleen D Cave M Donald Wilson Frank J Stead William W Bates Joseph H |
| Affiliation: | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. jdillaha@healthyarkansas.com |
| Abstract: | A cluster of tuberculosis cases in a rural community in Arkansas persisted from 1991 to 1999. The cluster had 13 members, 11 linked epidemiologically. Old records identified 24 additional patients for 40 linked cases during a 54-year period. Residents of this neighborhood represent a population at high risk who should be considered for tuberculin testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection. |
| Keywords: | tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic molecular epidemiology DNA fingerprinting genotyping |
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