Molecular, Spatial, and Field Epidemiology Suggesting TB Transmission in Community, Not Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Surie, Diya ; Fane, Othusitse ; Finlay, Alyssa ; Ogopotse, Matsiri ; Tobias, James L. ; Click, Eleanor S. ; Modongo, Chawangwa ; Zetola, Nicola M. ; Moonan, Patrick K. ; Oeltmann, John E.
• Corporate Authors:
  for the Kopanyo Study Group
• Description:
  During 2012-2015, 10 of 24 patients infected with matching genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis received care at the same hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. Nosocomial transmission was initially suspected, but we discovered plausible sites of community transmission for 20 (95%) of 21 interviewed patients. Active case-finding at these sites could halt ongoing transmission.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aolescent Cluster Analysis Community-Acquired Infections Dispatch Female Genotype Humans Male Middle Aged Molecular Epidemiology Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(3):487-490.
• Pubmed ID:
  27869604
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5382725
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 AI097045/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Botswana
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7b60ddf153d9c75b1cec980769587ea68ece9069d7c36b26ec54f49ad584f849
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44934/cdc_44934_DS1.pdf
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