The role of prisons in disseminating tuberculosis in Brazil: A genomic epidemiology study

The role of prisons in disseminating tuberculosis in Brazil: A genomic epidemiology study

Summary: Background: Globally, prisons are high-incidence settings for tuberculosis. Yet the role of prisons as reservoirs of M. tuberculosis, propagating epidemics through spillover to surrounding communities, has been difficult to measure directly. Methods: To quantify the role of prisons in driv...

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Main Authors: Katharine S. Walter, Paulo César Pereira dos Santos, Thais Oliveira Gonçalves, Bruna Oliveira da Silva, Andrea da Silva Santos, Alessandra de Cássia Leite, Alessandra Moura da Silva, Flora Martinez Figueira Moreira, Roberto Dias de Oliveira, Everton Ferreira Lemos, Eunice Cunha, Yiran E. Liu, Albert I. Ko, Caroline Colijn, Ted Cohen, Barun Mathema, Julio Croda, Jason R. Andrews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Epidemiology
Genomics
Disease reservoir
Spillover
Prisons
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X22000035

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