Integrative transnational analysis to dissect tuberculosis transmission events along the migratory route from Africa to Europe.

Last updated on 22-12-2021 by Vanessa Mathys

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BACKGROUND: Growing international migration has increased the complexity of tuberculosis transmission patterns. Italy’s decision to close its borders in 2018 made of Spain the new European porte entrée for migration from the Horn of Africa (HA). In one of the first rescues of migrants from this region at the end of 2018, tuberculosis was diagnosed in eight subjects, mainly unaccompanied minors. METHODS: Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from these recently arrived migrants were analysed by Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit/Variable-Number of Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) and subse…

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