Sustained transmission over two decades of a previously unrecognised MPT64 negative Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain in Queensland, Australia: a whole genome sequencing study

Author(s):

Arnold Bainomugisa, Sushil Pandey, Bridget O'Connor, Melanie Syrmis, David Whiley, Vitali Sintchenko, Lachlan J.M. Coin, Ben J. Marais, Christopher Coulter

Details:

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 47, 2024-06-01, Article number 101105

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Affiliations:

• The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
• UQ Centre for Clinical Research
• The University of Sydney
• Westmead Hospital
• Public Health Intelligence Branch
• NSW Health Pathology
• Queensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory
• Communicable Diseases Branch