New insights on tuberculosis transmission dynamics and drug susceptibility profiles among the prison population in Southern Brazil based on whole-genome sequencing.
Lívia Maria Pala AnselmoJuliana Failde GalloJuliana Maira Watanabe PinhataKamila Chagas PeronniWilson Araújo da Silva JuniorPatrícia De Cássia RuyEmilyn Costa ConceiçãoAnzaan DippenaarRobin Mark WarrenAline Aparecida MonroeRosangela Siqueira OliveiraValdes Roberto BollelaPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2023)
WGS demonstrated the recent transmission of TB within prisons in Brazil. The high movement among prisoners seems to be related to the transmission of the same M. tuberculosis strain within the prison system. Screening for TB before and after the movement of prisoners using rapid molecular tests could play a role in reducing transmission.