Hot and cold spot areas of household tuberculosis transmission in southern china: Effects of socio-economic status and mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes

• Main Authors: Zhezhe Cui, Dingwen Lin, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Edward A. Gravis, Angkana Chaiprasert, Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Mei Lin, Jing Ou, Jinming Zhao
• Other Authors: Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkia University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Environmental Science; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/50918
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The aims of the study were: (1) compare sociodemographic characteristics among active tuberculosis (TB) cases and their household contacts in cold and hot spot transmission areas, and (2) quantify the influence of locality, genotype and poten...