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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the general and prison populations in the interior of São Paulo: analysis of MIRU-VNTR and RDRio sublineage.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2026
Bortolomai Bruna Eduarda, Pedro Heloisa da Silveira Paro, Moraes Eloise Brasil de, Ruiz Luciana da Silva, Oliveira Nathan Guilherme de, Batista Lavínia Cássia Ferreira, Sobral Marcos Henrique, Castiglioni Lilian, Cavalcante Ricardo de Souza, Baptista Ida Maria Foschiani Dias
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a serious global public health problem, affecting mostly vulnerable populations such as the population deprived of liberty (PDL). Brazil has the third-largest prison population in the world, and the state of São Paulo has the largest PDL in the country. This study investigated the molecular epidemiology of TB in individuals from the general population (GP) and the PDL belonging to two...
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