Drivers of Tuberculosis Transmission
Mathema B, Andrews JR, Cohen T, Borgdorff MW, Behr M, Glynn JR, Rustomjee R, Silk BJ, Wood R. Drivers of Tuberculosis Transmission. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 216: s644-s653. PMID: 29112745, PMCID: PMC5853844, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecent transmissionTuberculosis transmissionTuberculosis casesCulture-positive tuberculosis casesInterferon-γ release assaysΓ release assaysTuberculin skin testMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionTuberculosis case notificationTransmission of tuberculosisPublic health systemPrevalent tuberculosisTuberculosis infectionSkin testIncident diseaseCase notificationClinical diseaseHealth systemCapacity of healthcareOngoing transmissionTuberculosisYoung childrenHighlight knowledge gapsInfection eventsWhole-genome sequencing