A Field-Validated Approach Using Surveillance and Genotyping Data to Estimate Tuberculosis Attributable to Recent Transmission in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 799-807

  France, Anne Marie ^a   Grant, Juliana ^a   Kammerer, J Steve ^a   Navin, Thomas R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

disease transmission; genotyping; molecular epidemiology; recent transmission; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARKANSAS; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947578287     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv121     Document Type: Article

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