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

• Autores principales: Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez (Autor), Sebastián Espinoza-Andrade (Autor), Greta Franco-Sotomayor (Autor), José Manuel Benítez-Medina (Autor), Natalia Jiménez-Pizarro (Autor), Camilo Cárdenas-Franco (Autor), Juan Carlos Granda (Autor), Jose Luis Jouvin (Autor), Solon Alberto Orlando (Autor), Javier Hermoso de Mendoza (Autor), Miguel Ángel García-Bereguiain (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: 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...