A nationwide study of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Portugal 2014-2017 using epidemiological and molecular clustering analyses

• Author(s): Oliveira, Olena Radomska ; Gaio, Rita ; Carvalho, Carlos ; Correia-Neves, M ; Duarte, Raquel ; Rito, Teresa S
• Date: 2019
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/62429
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Adult; Aged; Beijing; Cluster Analysis; Female; Genotype; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Minisatellite Repeats; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Phylogeny; Portugal; Risk Factors; Transients and Migrants; Tuberculosis; Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; Epidemiology; Transmission; Multidrug-Resistant; Risk factor
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Universidade do Minho

Description

Increasing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) incidence is a major threat against TB eradication worldwide. We aim to conduct a detailed MDR-TB study in Portugal, an European country with endemic TB, combining genetic analysis and epidemiological data, in order to assess the efficiency of public health containment of MRD-TB in the country.