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Population-Based Geospatial and Molecular Epidemiologic Study of Tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics, Botswana, 2012-2016.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2021
Zetola Nicola M, Moonan Patrick K, Click Eleanor, Oeltmann John E, Basotli Joyce, Wen Xiao-Jun, Boyd Rosanna, Tobias James L, Finlay Alyssa, Modongo Chawangwa
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) elimination requires interrupting transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We used a multidisciplinary approach to describe TB transmission in 2 sociodemographically distinct districts in Botswana (Kopanyo Study). During August 2012-March 2016, all patients who had TB were enrolled, their sputum samples were cultured, and M. tuberculosis isolates were genotyped by using 24-locus mycobacterial...
Topics
- Adult
- Botswana
- Epidemiologic Studies
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Young Adult