Insights on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure associated with migrants from Portuguese-speaking countries over a three-year period in Greater Lisbon, Portugal: Implications at the public health level.

Authors: Pereira C, Gomes P, Taveira R, Silva C, Maltez F, Macedo R, Costa C, Couvin D, Rastogi N, Viveiros M, Perdigão J, Portugal I
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30928606

Tuberculosis among foreign-born patients is a key indicator of country-level epidemiological profiles and, of an increasing concern in Europe given the more intensified migratory waves of refugees. Since Portugal presents a lower immigrant-associated TB incidence rate when compared to other European countries, we sought to characterize the epidemiology and transmission dynamics among the foreign-born population […]
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Clonal expansion across the seas as seen through CPLP-TB database: A joint effort in cataloguing Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in Portuguese-speaking countries

Authors: Perdigão J, Silva C, Diniz J, Pereira C, Machado D, Ramos J, Silva H, Abilleira F, Brum C, Reis AJ, Macedo M, Scaini JL, Silva AB, Esteves L, Macedo R, Maltez F, Clemente S, Coelho E, Viegas S, Rabna P, Rodrigues A, Taveira N, Jordao L, Kritski A, Lapa e Silva JR, Mokrousov I, Couvin D, Rastogi N, Couto I, Pain A, McNerney R, Clark TG, von Groll A, Dalla Costa ER, Rossetti ML, Silva PEA, Viveiros M, Portugal I
Publication Year: 2019
Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134818301023?via%3Dihub%20

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem within the Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries (CPLP). Despite the marked variation in TB incidence across its member-states and continued human migratory flux between countries, a considerable gap in the knowledge on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and strain circulation between the countries still exists. To address […]
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Insights on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure associated with migrants from Portuguese-speaking countries over a three-year period in Greater Lisbon, Portugal: Implications at the public health level.

Clonal expansion across the seas as seen through CPLP-TB database: A joint effort in cataloguing Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in Portuguese-speaking countries

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