Recent TB transmission, clustering and predictors of large clusters in London, 2010–2012: results from first 3 years of universal MIRU-VNTR strain typing

Esther L Hamblion; Arnaud Le Menach; Laura F Anderson; Maeve K Lalor; Tim Brown; Ibrahim Abubakar; Charlotte Anderson; Helen Maguire; Sarah R Anderson

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206608

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Recent TB transmission, clustering and predictors of large clusters in London, 2010–2012: results from first 3 years of universal MIRU-VNTR strain typing

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Esther L Hamblion Field Epidemiology Services (Victoria), Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Arnaud Le Menach Field Epidemiology Services (Victoria), Public Health England, London, UK European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laura F Anderson Tuberculosis Section, Respiratory Disease Department, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maeve K Lalor Tuberculosis Section, Respiratory Disease Department, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tim Brown National Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science (ICMS), London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ibrahim Abubakar Tuberculosis Section, Respiratory Disease Department, Public Health England, London, UK Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charlotte Anderson Field Epidemiology Services (Victoria), Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Helen Maguire Field Epidemiology Services (Victoria), Public Health England, London, UK European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah R Anderson Field Epidemiology Services (Victoria), Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Esther L Hamblion, Field Epidemiology Services (Victoria), Public Health England, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SZ, UK; estherhamblion{at}hotmail.com

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Hamblion EL, Le Menach A, Anderson LF on behalf of the Public Health England Strain Typing Project Board, et al

Recent TB transmission, clustering and predictors of large clusters in London, 2010–2012: results from first 3 years of universal MIRU-VNTR strain typing

Thorax 2016;71:749-756.

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Received November 29, 2014
Revised January 19, 2016
Accepted February 12, 2016
First published July 14, 2016.

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July 14, 2016

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