Publications by authors named "Sheanne Allen"
The United States has a low burden of drug resistance among tuberculosis (TB) cases compared with other world regions. TB is increasingly concentrated among foreign-born individuals who have higher rates of drug resistance than U.S.
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- Groups of tuberculosis cases with similar Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes may indicate recent transmission of the disease.
- The study compared the geographic concentration of these genotype clusters with rankings from local public health officials, and found a strong correlation between the two.
- Using geospatial statistics regularly can assist health departments in identifying areas of recent tuberculosis transmission.