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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:770-771
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Special Theme: Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Can capture–recapture analysis of epidemiological and molecular data help us understand recent tuberculosis transmission?

Andrew A Vernon and M Scott McNabb

Division of TB Elimination and National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, USA.

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The report by Iñigo et al.1 describes two interesting approaches, one epidemiological and the other molecular, to elucidate the proportion of tuberculosis (TB) cases attributable to recent transmission. Considering each approach critically helps us recognize what these two approaches can contribute to our traditional understanding of TB transmission.

Traditional approaches have shown that certain groups are at higher risk for TB (e.g. males, prisoners, the homeless, injecting drug users) and that non-traditional settings in which these groups congregate (e.g. prisons, homeless shelters) are important in facilitating recent TB transmission. However, using traditional approaches, the epidemiological linkages suspected in these non-traditional settings have often been difficult to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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