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The characteristics of Tuberculosis transmission in the Indigenous people of the Canadian Prairies

2015

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This thesis reports on a study analyzing molecular DNA fingerprinting of TB isolates to identify and describe the demographic and geographic characteristics of all transmission events from Canadian-born pulmonary TB cases in the Prairie Provinces during the period 2007 to 2008. The thesis also describes the predictors of new infection and secondary cases based on host, environmental and behavioural characteristics of the transmitters.

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The characteristics of Tuberculosis transmission in the Indigenous people of the Canadian Prairies.

Patel, S.J. (2015). The characteristics of tuberculosis transmission in the Indigenous people of the Canadian Prairies. Unpublished Masters of Science thesis, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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