Exportation of MDR TB to Europe from Setting with Actively Transmitted Persistent Strains in Peru

Exportation of MDR TB to Europe from Setting with Actively Transmitted Persistent Strains in Peru

We performed a cross-border molecular epidemiology analysis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru, Spain, and Italy. This analysis revealed frequent transmission in Peru and exportation of a strain that recreated similar levels of transmission in Europe during 2007–2017. Transnational efforts...

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Main Authors: Fermín Acosta, Juan Agapito, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Tatiana Cáceres, Christophe Sola, Laura Pérez-Lago, Estefanía Abascal, Marta Herranz, Erika Meza, Bernice Klotoe, Patricia Muñoz, Gian María Rossolini, Alessandro Bartoloni, Enrico Tortoli, Daniela María Cirillo, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Darío García de Viedma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
MDR
migration
exportation
transmission
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-0574_article

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