Investigation of the high rates of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia reveals no single driving...
Investigation of the high rates of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia reveals no single driving factor and minimal evidence for zoonotic transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection
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Berg, Stefan , Schelling, Esther , Hailu, Elena , Firdessa, Rebuma , Gumi, Balako , Erenso, Girume , Gadisa, Endalamaw , Mengistu, Araya , Habtamu, Meseret , Hussein, Jemal , Kiros, Teklu , Bekele, Shiferaw , Mekonnen, Wondale , Derese, Yohannes , Zinsstag, Jakob , Ameni, Gobena , Gagneux, Sebastien , Robertson, Brian D , Tschopp, Rea , Hewinson, Glyn , Yamuah, Lawrence , Gordon, Stephen V and Aseffa, Abraham
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Ethiopia, a high tuberculosis (TB) burden country, reports one of the highest incidence rates of extra-pulmonary TB dominated by cervical lymphadenitis (TBLN). Infection with Mycobacterium bovis has previously been excluded as the main reason for the high rate of extrapulmonary TB in Ethiopia.
Here we examined demographic and clinical characteri...
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Investigation of the high rates of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia reveals no single driving factor and minimal evidence for zoonotic transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection
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Schelling, Esther
Hailu, Elena
Firdessa, Rebuma
Gumi, Balako
Erenso, Girume
Gadisa, Endalamaw
Mengistu, Araya
Habtamu, Meseret
Hussein, Jemal
Kiros, Teklu
Bekele, Shiferaw
Mekonnen, Wondale
Derese, Yohannes
Zinsstag, Jakob
Ameni, Gobena
Gagneux, Sebastien
Robertson, Brian D
Tschopp, Rea
Hewinson, Glyn
Yamuah, Lawrence
Gordon, Stephen V
Aseffa, Abraham
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4359574
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4359574
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1471-2334
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1471-2334
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10.1186/s12879-015-0846-7
