Determining the risk-factors for molecular clustering of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

Determining the risk-factors for molecular clustering of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

Abstract Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) epidemic is driven mainly by the effect of ongoing transmission. In high-burden settings such as South Africa (SA), considerable demographic and geographic heterogeneity in DR-TB transmission exists. Thus, a better understanding of risk-factors...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Halima Said, Elizabeth Kachingwe, Yasmin Gardee, Zaheda Bhyat, John Ratabane, Linda Erasmus, Tiisetso Lebaka, Minty van der Meulen, Thabisile Gwala, Shaheed Omar, Farzana Ismail, Nazir Ismail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Clustering
Transmission
Risk-factors
Drug resistant TB
South Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17234-x

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17234-x

Similar Items