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A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study.
Walker, Timothy M Merker, Matthias Knoblauch, Astrid M Helbling, Peter Schoch, Otto D van der Werf, Marieke J Kranzer, Katharina Fiebig, Lena Kröger, Stefan Haas, Walter
Walker, Timothy M
Merker, Matthias
Knoblauch, Astrid M
Helbling, Peter
Schoch, Otto D
van der Werf, Marieke J
Kranzer, Katharina
Fiebig, Lena
Kröger, Stefan
Haas, Walter
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2018-01-08
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A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study.
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Lancet Infect Dis 2018; 18(4):431-40
Abstract
The risk of tuberculosis outbreaks among people fleeing hardship for refuge in Europe is heightened. We describe the cross-border European response to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients from the Horn of Africa and Sudan.