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

• Main Authors: Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez (Author), Sebastián Espinoza-Andrade (Author), Greta Franco-Sotomayor (Author), José Manuel Benítez-Medina (Author), Natalia Jiménez-Pizarro (Author), Camilo Cárdenas-Franco (Author), Juan Carlos Granda (Author), Jose Luis Jouvin (Author), Solon Alberto Orlando (Author), Javier Hermoso de Mendoza (Author), Miguel Ángel García-Bereguiain (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...