Study finds strains of tuberculosis that are most infectious

The analysis showed that close household contacts of people diagnosed with a strain of TB from a geographically restricted lineage had a 14 per cent lower rate of infection and a 45 per cent lower rate of developing active TB disease compared with those exposed to a strain belonging to a widespread lineage.

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