Visceral leishmaniasis in a recent transmission region: 27.4% infectivity rate among seronegative dogs
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182022000063
Abstract: Abstract Abstract American visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease whose main domestic reservoir in the urban environment is dog and is considered one of the most important zoonoses in the context of public health.… read more here.
Keywords: recent transmission; clinical signs; seronegative dogs; visceral leishmaniasis ... See more keywords
Transmission patterns of rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in Cameroon: a genomic epidemiological study
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06593-8
Abstract: Background Determining factors affecting the transmission of rifampicin (RR) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains under standardized tuberculosis (TB) treatment is key to control TB and prevent the evolution of drug resistance. Methods We… read more here.
Keywords: transmission; tuberculosis complex; complex strains; tuberculosis ... See more keywords
Mutation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Implications for Using Whole-Genome Sequencing for Investigating Recent Tuberculosis Transmission
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.790544
Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) control programs use whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) for detecting and investigating TB case clusters. Existence of few genomic differences between Mtb isolates might indicate TB cases are the result of… read more here.
Keywords: tuberculosis; genome sequencing; recent transmission; transmission ... See more keywords
Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Recent Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis CAS1-Kili Strains in Lusaka, Zambia
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DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11010029
Abstract: Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death due to antimicrobial resistance. Mycobacterium tuberculosis CAS1-Kili strains that belong to lineage 3 (Central Asian Strain, CAS) were previously implicated in the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB… read more here.
Keywords: cas1 kili; transmission; recent transmission; resistance ... See more keywords