The role of super-spreading events in Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission: evidence from contact tracing
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3870-1
Abstract: BackgroundIn current epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB), heterogeneity in infectiousness among TB patients is a challenge, which is not well studied. We aimed to quantify this heterogeneity and the presence of “super-spreading” events that can assist… read more here.
Keywords: spreading events; secondary infections; transmission; heterogeneity ... See more keywords