Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Phylogeography and transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spanning prisons and surrounding communities in Paraguay

  • Gladys Estigarribia Sanabria,
  • Guillermo Sequera,
  • Sarita Aguirre,
  • Julieta Méndez,
  • Paulo César Pereira dos Santos,
  • Natalie Weiler Gustafson,
  • Margarita Godoy,
  • Analía Ortiz,
  • Cynthia Cespedes,
  • Gloria Martínez,
  • Alberto L. García-Basteiro,
  • Jason R. Andrews,
  • Julio Croda,
  • Katharine S. Walter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35813-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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To role that carceral institutions play in Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission remains somewhat unknown. Authors perform a prospective genomic surveillance study, to assess transmission dynamics in prisons and surrounding communities in Paraguay.