Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a South African Community with High HIV Prevalence

Keren Middelkoop, Linda-Gail Bekker, Barun Mathema, Elena Shashkina, Natalia Kurepina, Andrew Whitelaw, Dorothy Fallows, Carl Morrow, Barry Kreiswirth, Gilla Kaplan, and Robin Wood Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, and National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa; Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis and Tuberculosis Center, Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey

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