Article
Risk factors associated with cluster size of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) of different RFLP lineages in Brazil
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PERES, Renata Lyrio; et al. Risk factors associated with cluster size of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) of different RFLP lineages in Brazil. BMC Infectious Diseases, v.18, n.71, 10p, 2018.
1471-2334
10.1186/s12879-018-2969-0
Autor
Peres, Renata Lyrio
Vinhas, Solange Alves
Ribeiro, Fabíola Karla Correa
Palaci, Moisés
Prado, Thiago Nascimento do
Santos, Bárbara Reis
Zandonade, Eliana
Suffys, Philip Noel
Golub, Jonathan E.
Riley, Lee W.
Maciel, Ethel Leonor
Resumen
Tuberculosis (TB) transmission is influenced by patient-related risk, environment and bacteriological factors. We determined the risk factors associated with cluster size of IS6110 RFLP based genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates from Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil.