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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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
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
Subjects:	Mycobacterium tuberculosis MIRU-VNTR spoligotyping migration Ecuador
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1343350/full