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Hansen's Disease and Complications among Marshallese Persons Residing in Northwest Arkansas, 2003-2017 by Labuda, Sarah M, Williams, Sandra H, Mukasa, Leonard N, McGhee, Linda

“…Persons from the Republic of the Marshall Islands have among the highest rates of Hansen's disease (HD) in the world; the largest Marshallese community in the…”
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Effectiveness of contact investigations for tuberculosis control in Arkansas by Guzzetta, Giorgio, Ajelli, Marco, Yang, Zhenhua, Mukasa, Leonard N., Patil, Naveen, Bates, Joseph H., Kirschner, Denise E., Merler, Stefano

“…Comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of contact investigations for tuberculosis (TB) control is still lacking. In this study, we use a computational…”
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis by Patil, Naveen, Marco, Asween, Montales, Maria Theresa, Bhaskar, Nutan, Mittadodla, Penchala, Mukasa, Leonard N

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection is rarely seen in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. We report a 24-year-old CF patient with fever, cough, hemoptysis,…”
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Identification of factors for tuberculosis transmission via an integrated multidisciplinary approach by Talarico, Sarah, Ijaz, Kashef, Zhang, Xinyu, Mukasa, Leonard N, Zhang, Lixin, Marrs, Carl F, Cave, M. Donald, Bates, Joseph H, Yang, Zhenhua

“…Summary It was reported previously that the major fraction of the recent decrease of tuberculosis incident cases in Arkansas had been due to a decrease in the…”
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Cluster of Tuberculosis Cases Among Marshallese Persons Residing in Arkansas — 2014–2015 by Rothfeldt, Laura Lester, Patil, Naveen, Haselow, Dirk T., Williams, Sandy Hainline, Wheeler, J. Gary, Mukasa, Leonard N.

“…During early September 2014, the Arkansas Department of Health identified an increased number of tuberculosis (TB) cases among a unique population in a…”
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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in a low- to moderate-incidence state: are contact investigations enough? by Cronin, Wendy A, Golub, Jonathan E, Lathan, Monica J, Mukasa, Leonard N, Hooper, Nancy, Razeq, Jafar H, Baruch, Nancy G, Mulcahy, Donna, Benjamin, William H, Magder, Laurence S, Strickland, G Thomas, Bishai, William R

“…To assess the circumstances of recent transmission of tuberculosis (TB) (progression to active disease <2 years after infection), we obtained DNA fingerprints…”
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Notes from the Field: Cluster of Tuberculosis Cases Among Marshallese Persons Residing in Arkansas - 2014-2015 by Rothfeldt, Laura Lester, Patil, Naveen, Haselow, Dirk T, Williams, Sandy Hainline, Wheeler, J Gary, Mukasa, Leonard N

“…During early September 2014, the Arkansas Department of Health identified an increased number of tuberculosis (TB) cases among a unique population in a…”
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Epidemiologic usefulness of spoligotyping for secondary typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with low copy numbers of IS6110 by CRONIN, Wendy A, GOLUB, Jonathan E, BISHAI, William R, MAGDER, Laurence S, BARUCH, Nancy G, LATHAN, Monica J, MUKASA, Leonard N, HOOPER, Nancy, RAZEQ, Jafar H, MULCAHY, Donna, BENJAMIN, William H

“…Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of IS6110 is commonly used to DNA fingerprint Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, low-copy (< or =5)…”
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Statewide Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a Moderate- to Low-Incidence State: Are Contact Investigations Enough? by Cronin, Wendy A., Golub, Jonathan E., Lathan, Monica J., Mukasa, Leonard N., Hooper, Nancy, Razeq, Jafar H., Baruch, Nancy G., Mulcahy, Donna, Benjamin, William H., Magder, Laurence S., Strickland, G. Thomas, Bishai, William R.

“…To assess the circumstances of recent transmission of tuberculosis (TB) (progression to active disease < 2 years after infection), we obtained DNA fingerprints…”
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Epidemiologic Usefulness of Spoligotyping for Secondary Typing ofMycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Low Copy Numbers of IS6110 by Wendy A. Cronin, Jonathan E. Golub, Laurence S. Magder, Nancy G. Baruch, Monica J. Lathan, Leonard N. Mukasa, Nancy Hooper, Jafar H. Razeq, Donna Mulcahy, William H. Benjamin, William R. Bishai

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Epidemiologic Usefulness of Spoligotyping for Secondary Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Low Copy Numbers of IS 6110 by Cronin, Wendy A., Golub, Jonathan E., Magder, Laurence S., Baruch, Nancy G., Lathan, Monica J., Mukasa, Leonard N., Hooper, Nancy, Razeq, Jafar H., Mulcahy, Donna, Benjamin, William H., Bishai, William R.

“…Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of IS 6110 is commonly used to DNA fingerprint Mycobacterium tuberculosis . However, low-copy (≤5) IS…”
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Cluster of Tuberculosis Cases Among Marshallese Persons Residing in Arkansas - 2014-2015 by Rothfeldt, Laura Lester, Patil, Naveen, Haselow, Dirk T, Williams, Sandy Hainline, Wheeler, J Gary, Mukasa, Leonard N

“…During early September 2014, the Arkansas Department of Health identified an increased number of tuberculosis (TB) cases among a unique population in a…”
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis by Patil, Naveen, Marco, Asween, Montales, Maria Theresa, Bhaskar, Nutan, Mittadodla, Penchala, Mukasa, Leonard N

“…CONTEXTMycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection is rarely seen in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. CASE REPORTWe report a 24-year-old CF patient with fever,…”
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