A complex scenario of tuberculosis transmission is revealed through genetic and epidemiological surveys in Porto.

Teresa RitoCarlos MatosCarlos CarvalhoHenrique MachadoGabriela RodriguesOlena OliveiraEduarda FerreiraJorge GonçalvesLurdes MaioClara MoraisHelena RamosJoão Tiago GuimarãesCatarina L SantosRaquel DuarteMargarida Correia-Neves

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)

Although control policies have been successful in decreasing incidence in Porto, the discerned complexity suggests that, for elimination to be a realistic goal, strategies need to be adjusted and coupled with a continuous genetic characterization of strains and detailed epidemiological evaluation, in order to successfully identify and interrupt transmission chains.

Keyphrases

public health
escherichia coli
mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
genome wide
cross sectional
single cell
hiv aids
copy number