Tuberculosis in Australia's tropical north: a population-based genomic epidemiological study

• Main Authors: Ella M Meumann, FRACP (Author), Kristy Horan, PhD (Author), Anna P Ralph, PhD (Author), Belinda Farmer, MPH&TM (Author), Maria Globan, BSc (Author), Elizabeth Stephenson, MPH&TM (Author), Tracy Popple, RN (Author), Rowena Boyd, MAE (Author), Mirjam Kaestli, PhD (Author), Torsten Seemann, PhD (Author), Koen Vandelannoote, PhD (Author), Christopher Lowbridge, DrPH (Author), Robert W. Baird, FRCPA (Author), Timothy P. Stinear, PhD (Author), Deborah A. Williamson, PhD (Author), Bart J. Currie, FRACP (Author), Vicki L. Krause, FAFPHM (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The Northern Territory (NT) has the highest tuberculosis (TB) rate of all Australian jurisdictions. We combined TB public health surveillance data with genomic sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the tropical 'Top End' of the NT to investigate trends in TB inci...