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A joint cross-border investigation of a cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Austria, Romania and Germany in 2014 using classic, genotyping and whole genome sequencing methods: lessons learnt.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 12 Jan 2017
Fiebig Lena, Kohl Thomas A, Popovici Odette, Mühlenfeld Margarita, Indra Alexander, Homorodean Daniela, Chiotan Domnica, Richter Elvira, Rüsch-Gerdes Sabine, Schmidgruber Beatrix, Beckert Patrick, Hauer Barbara, Niemann Stefan, Allerberger Franz, Haas Walter
Abstract excerpt
Molecular surveillance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) using 24-loci MIRU-VNTR in the European Union suggests the occurrence of international transmission. In early 2014, Austria detected a molecular MDR-TB cluster of five isolates. Links to Romania and Germany prompted the three countries to investigate possible cross-border MDR-TB transmission jointly. We searched genotyping databases, genotyped...
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