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- Title
Molecular, Spatial, and Field Epidemiology Suggesting TB Transmission in Community, Not Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana.
- Authors
Surie, Diya; Fane, Othusitse; Finlay, Alyssa; Ogopotse, Matsiri; Tobias, James L.; Click, Eleanor S.; Modongo, Chawangwa; Zetola, Nicola M.; Moonan, Patrick K.; Oeltmann, John E.; Kopanyo Study Group
- Abstract
During 2012-2015, 10 of 24 patients infected with matching genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis received care at the same hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. Nosocomial transmission was initially suspected, but we discovered plausible sites of community transmission for 20 (95%) of 21 interviewed patients. Active case-finding at these sites could halt ongoing transmission.
- Subjects
BOTSWANA; HOSPITAL &; community; MOLECULAR epidemiology; SOCIAL epidemiology; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; PATIENTS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; TUBERCULOSIS microbiology; TUBERCULOSIS transmission; TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); EPIDEMICS; RESEARCH funding; COMMUNITY-acquired infections; GENOTYPES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, p487
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2303.161183