Epidemiological studies on tuberculosis control and respiratory viruses

Sloot, R.

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January 2015

Abstract

To effectively reach tuberculosis (TB) elimination (defined as TB incidence <1 case per million persons per year) in low-incidence countries, tailored actions, depending on country-specific conditions, are required. The studies described in this thesis investigated various aspects of the epidemiology and disease control of tuberculosis in the Netherlands. First, we examined whether 24-locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat (VNTR) typing is suitable to identify recent transmission between TB cases. We concluded that transmission based on clustering by VNTR typing among recently migrated foreign-born people should be interpreted with caution. Second, we assessed the impact of contact investigation on TB prevention in high-risk groups. Our fin...

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Epidemiological studies on tuberculosis control and respiratory viruses

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