A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study

BACKGROUND: The risk of tuberculosis outbreaks among people fleeing hardship for refuge in Europe is heightened. We describe the cross-border European response to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients from the Horn of Africa and Sudan. METHODS: On April 29 and May 30, 2016,...

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Autores principales: Walker, Timothy M, Merker, Matthias, Knoblauch, Astrid M, Helbling, Peter, Schoch, Otto D, van der Werf, Marieke J, Kranzer, Katharina, Fiebig, Lena, Kröger, Stefan, Haas, Walter, Hoffmann, Harald, Indra, Alexander, Egli, Adrian, Cirillo, Daniela M, Robert, Jérôme, Rogers, Thomas R, Groenheit, Ramona, Mengshoel, Anne T, Mathys, Vanessa, Haanperä, Marjo, Soolingen, Dick van, Niemann, Stefan, Böttger, Erik C, Keller, Peter M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science ;, The Lancet Pub. Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5864516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29326013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30004-5

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