title: Tuberculosis acquired outside of households, rural Vietnam.
abstract: Using population-based data from rural Vietnam, we assessed tuberculosis (TB) transmission within and outside of households. Eighty-three percent of persons with recent household TB were infected by different strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis than were their household members. This result argues against the effectiveness of active TB case finding among household members.
authors.affiliation: Pham Ngoc Thach Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Tran N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Buu
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Soolingen
authors.forename: Mai N T
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Huyen
authors.forename: Nguyen N T
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Hoang T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Quy
authors.forename: Edine W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Tiemersma
authors.forename: Martien W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Borgdorff
authors.forename: Frank G J
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Cobelens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology