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Comment
. 2018 Jan 6;66(1):159-160.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cix750.

The Critical Importance of Sampling Fraction to Inferences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission

Robyn S Lee  1 , Benjamin P Howden  1
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The Critical Importance of Sampling Fraction to Inferences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission

Robyn S Lee et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
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  • Reply to Lee and Howden.
    Manson AL, Abeel T, Galagan J, Sundaramurthi JC, Shanmugam SK, Palaniyandi K, Narayanan S, Swaminathan S, Earl AM. Manson AL, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Jan 6;66(1):160-161. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix751. Clin Infect Dis. 2018. PMID: 29040415 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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