A first insight into tuberculosis transmission at the border of Ecuador and Colombia: a retrospective study of the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Esmeraldas province

A first insight into tuberculosis transmission at the border of Ecuador and Colombia: a retrospective study of the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Esmeraldas province

ObjectiveTuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern in Ecuador and Colombia, considering that both countries are high-burden TB settings. Molecular epidemiology is crucial to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and to identify active transmission...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez, Sebastián Espinoza-Andrade, Greta Franco-Sotomayor, José Manuel Benítez-Medina, Natalia Jiménez-Pizarro, Camilo Cárdenas-Franco, Juan Carlos Granda, Jose Luis Jouvin, Solon Alberto Orlando, Javier Hermoso de Mendoza, Miguel Ángel García-Bereguiain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
MIRU-VNTR
spoligotyping
migration
Ecuador
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1343350/full

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