Outbreak of pre- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in northern Italy: urgency of cross-border, multidimensional, surveillance systems
Simone Villa, Elisa Tagliani, Emanuele Borroni, Paola Castellotti, Maurizio Ferrarese, Arash Ghodousi, Anna Lamberti, Sabrina Senatore, et al. (11 authors)
European Respiratory Journal · 2021-05
Abstract
<b>An outbreak of (pre-)extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis was detected in Northern Italy using whole genome sequencing and epidemiological study. This experience suggests that integrated and cross-border surveillance systems should be urgently employed.</b>https://bit.ly/3wtQkBp
MeSH terms
- Outbreak
- Epidemiological surveillance
- Tuberculosis
- Epidemiology
- Geography
- Virology
- Environmental health
- Drug resistance
- Medicine